autothysis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Ancient Greek roots αὐτός (autós, “self”) and θυσία (thusía, “sacrifice”); proposed by Maschwitz and Maschwitz in 1974 to describe the defensive mechanism of the carpenter ant Camponotus saundersi.
Noun[edit]
autothysis (uncountable)