00394242-n 'spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack';
 
Chinese (simplified) 自切 , 自割 , 自体 分裂 , 自 切 , 自体分裂
English autotomy ( ⊳ ⊳ )
Japanese 自切
Definitions
English
spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack
Japanese
特に有機体が損傷したり攻撃を受けたりした時の体の一部分の自発的な除去あるいは放棄（トカゲの尾またはロブスターのはさみのような）
Relations
Hypernym: removal
Semantic Field: actn
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