autotomize|autotomized|autotomizes|autotomizing in English
verb
cause to experience autotomy; experience autotomy (spontaneous dropping of a trapped or damaged limb)
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1. Cellar spiders are also quick to autotomize (shed) legs to escape predators
2. Autotomy, the voluntary shedding of an appendage in response to a predator stimulus, provides an effective model for measuring the effects of rapid weight change on locomotor behavior and the responses to more gradual weight gain, particularly in lizards capable of both autotomizing and regenerating their tail.