Term: autotomy: spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack
Candidate hypernym: removal: the act of removing → 1
Candidate hypernym: mastotermitidae: primitive termites → 0
Candidate hypernym: waxing: the application of wax to a surface → 0
Candidate hypernym: supervisor: one who supervises or has charge and direction of → 0
Candidate hypernym: spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: demonstration: a show of military force or preparedness → 0
Candidate hypernym: gynophore: the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle → 0
Candidate hypernym: mojave aster: wild aster having greyish leafy stems and flower heads with narrow pale lavender or violet rays; of rocky desert slopes California to Arizona and Utah → 0
Candidate hypernym: star tulip: small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana → 0
Candidate hypernym: sorter: a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office) → 0
Candidate hypernym: persian violet: perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers → 0