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n. [Gr. autos, self; tillesthai, to pluck]Loss of appendages by self-amputation; see autospasy.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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appendotomy — n. [L. appendix, appendage; Gr. tome, a cutting] The loss of appendages; see autospasy, autotilly, autotomy … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
