autotomy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 8
/ɔːˈtɒtəmi/
(UK)
Definition of autotomy
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The spontaneous removal of a limb, tail etc, especially by some invertebrates as a self-defense mechanism.
“She has dropped it by autotomy, like the tail or claw of a fleeing lizard, lobster, or starfish.”
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Etymology
From auto- + -tomy, after German Autotomie or French autotomie.
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