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anemotaxis

anemotaxis noun: movement of an organism in response to air currents.

Noun

anemotaxis (uncountable)

  1. Movement of an organism in response to air currents.

Origin of anemotaxis

From anemo- + taxis.

Questions about anemotaxis

What does anemotaxis mean?
Anemotaxis means movement of an organism in response to air currents.
What part of speech is anemotaxis?
Anemotaxis is a noun.

Words near anemotaxis in the dictionary

  1. anemoside
  2. anemosides
  3. anemosis
  4. anemotactic
  5. anemotactically
  6. anemotaxis
  7. anemotropic
  8. anemotropism
  9. Anemourion
  10. anemovane
  11. anemovanes

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