autotomy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- removal hypernym
Related & opposite
- autotomize derivation
- autotomic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | autotomize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | autotomic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | removal |