Hyphenation of autotomy

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word autotomy? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

au-to-to-my

Definitions of autotomy:

1.	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

Synonyms of autotomy:

noun	removal, remotion

Last hyphenations of this language

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