She has dropped it by autotomy, like the tail or claw of a fleeing lizard, lobster, or starfish.
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Autotomy
//ɔːˈtɒtəmi//
Synonyms for "autotomy"
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31 translations across 30 languages.
Basque
1 entries- autotomia noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Belarusian
1 entries- аўтатамія noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Bulgarian
1 entries- автотомия noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Catalan
1 entries- autotomia noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 自割 noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Czech
1 entries- autotomie noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Danish
1 entries- autotomi noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Estonian
1 entries- autotoomia noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Finnish
1 entries- autotomia noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
French
1 entries- autotomie noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Galician
1 entries- autotomía noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
German
1 entries- Autotomie noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Hungarian
1 entries- autotómia noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Ido
1 entries- autotomio noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Indonesian
1 entries- autotomi noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Italian
1 entries- autotomia noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Japanese
1 entries- 自切 noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Kazakh
1 entries- aвтотомия noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Norwegian
1 entries- autotomi noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Polish
1 entries- autotomia noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Portuguese
1 entries- autotomia noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Russian
2 entries- автотоми́я noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
- аутотоми́я noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Slovak
1 entries- autotómia noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Spanish
1 entries- autotomía noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Swedish
1 entries- autotomi noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Tajik
1 entries- aвтотомия noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Tamil
1 entries- தற்பிரிவு noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Turkish
1 entries- ototomi noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Ukrainian
1 entries- автотомі́я noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
Uzbek
1 entries- avtotomiya noun (invertebrate self-defense mechanism)
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