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  • 101au|tot|o|my — « TOT uh mee», noun. the act or process of casting off a part of the body by an animal when disturbed or seeking escape. Certain crustaceans will cast off legs by autotomy and some salamanders and lizards cast off tails by the same process.… …

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  • 102Ecdyses — Ecdysis Ec dy*sis, n.; pl. {Ecdyses}. [NL., fr. Gr. e kdysis a getting out, fr. ekdy ein, to put off; ek out + dy ein to enter.] (Biol.) The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a… …

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  • 103Ecdysis — Ec dy*sis, n.; pl. {Ecdyses}. [NL., fr. Gr. e kdysis a getting out, fr. ekdy ein, to put off; ek out + dy ein to enter.] (Biol.) The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming… …

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  • 104Shedding — Shed ding, n. 1. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is shed, or cast off. [R.] Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] …

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