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
autotomy的用法和樣例:
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Based on the results, it was concluded that the shedding behavior in F. ficus is a autotomy. 以上結果顯示,花球枇杷螺自割組織的斷落,應屬於一自割行為。