Concept information
Preferred term
Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37
Definition
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Autotomy or self-amputation, is the behaviour whereby an animal sheds or discards one or more of its own appendages, usually as a self-defense mechanism to elude a predator's grasp or to distract the predator and thereby allow escape. Some animals have the ability to regenerate the lost body part later.
(en)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autotomy
Created: 8/8/22
Broader concept
- biological phenomena (en)
Scope note
- Voluntary separation of a part of the body (en)
In other languages
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الانشطار الذاتي
Created: 2024-03-19T16:34:42Z
Arabic
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自切
Created: 2023-09-27T15:42:42Z
Chinese
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autotoomia
Created: 2020-07-09T15:47:04.086+02:00
Estonian
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autotomie
Created: 2022-08-08T12:12:04
French
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ავტოტომია
Created: 2022-10-25T21:27:15
Georgian
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თვითდასახიჩრება
Created: 2022-10-25T21:27:52
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Autotomia
Created: 2022-09-23T09:54:20
Italian
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autotomi
Created: 2022-08-08T12:12:05
Norwegian Bokmål
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autonomia
Created: 2025-05-27T14:58:42Z
Portuguese (Brazil)
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autotomie
Created: 2024-02-08T14:08:48
Romanian
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автотомия
Created: 2022-08-08T12:12:05
Last modified: 2022-11-25T16:06:02
Russian
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Autotomía
Created: 2022-09-23T09:54:35
Spanish
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autotomia
Created: 2024-06-19T20:34:57
Swahili
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ototomi
Created: 2022-09-07T14:29:32
Turkish
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автотомія
Created: 2023-02-18T20:43:04
Ukrainian
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аутотомія
Created: 2023-02-18T20:45:08
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самокалічення
Created: 2023-02-18T20:45:36