"autotomy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɔːˈtɒtəmi/ [UK] Forms: autotomies [plural]
Etymology: From auto- + -tomy, after German Autotomie or French autotomie. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|auto|tomy}} auto- + -tomy, {{bor|en|de|Autotomie}} German Autotomie, {{bor|en|fr|autotomie}} French autotomie Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} autotomy (countable and uncountable, plural autotomies)
  1. (chiefly zoology) The spontaneous removal of a limb, tail etc, especially by some invertebrates as a self-defense mechanism. Wikipedia link: autotomy Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Amputation, Zoology Hyponyms: tail-shedding Translations (invertebrate self-defense mechanism): autotomia (Basque), аўтатамія (aŭtatamija) [feminine] (Belarusian), автотомия (avtotomija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), autotomia [feminine] (Catalan), 自割 (zigē) (Chinese Mandarin), autotomie [feminine] (Czech), autotomi [common-gender] (Danish), autotoomia (Estonian), autotomia (Finnish), autotomie (French), autotomía [feminine] (Galician), Autotomie [feminine] (German), autotómia (Hungarian), autotomio (Ido), autotomia [feminine] (Italian), 自切 (jisetsu) (Japanese), aвтотомия (avtotomiä) (Kazakh), autotomi [masculine] (Norwegian), autotomia [feminine] (Polish), autotomia [feminine] (Portuguese), автотоми́я (avtotomíja) [feminine] (Russian), аутотоми́я (autotomíja) [feminine] (Russian), autotómia [feminine] (Slovak), autotomía [feminine] (Spanish), autotomi [common-gender] (Swedish), aвтотомия (avtotomiya) (Tajik), தற்பிரிவு (taṟpirivu) (Tamil), ototomi (Turkish), автотомі́я (avtotomíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), avtotomiya (Uzbek)

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