Method Used to Self-Amputate to Avoid Prey
Puzzle 16 of New Orleans Medium Pack
Question is: Method Used to Self-Amputate to Avoid Prey
and the answer is: AUTOTOMY
Word Meaning:
AUTOTOMY — (chiefly zoology) The spontaneous removal of a limb, tail etc, especially by some invertebrates as a self-defense mechanism.
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