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chemotactile

chemotactile adjective: that can sense changes to its chemical environment.

Adjective

chemotactile (not comparable)

  1. That can sense changes to its chemical environment

Origin of chemotactile

From chemo- + tactile.

Questions about chemotactile

What does chemotactile mean?
Chemotactile means that can sense changes to its chemical environment.
What part of speech is chemotactile?
Chemotactile is an adjective.

Words near chemotactile in the dictionary

  1. chemotactant
  2. chemotactic
  3. chemotactical
  4. chemotactically
  5. chemotacticity
  6. chemotactile
  7. chemotactism
  8. chemotax
  9. chemotaxed
  10. chemotaxes
  11. chemotaxic

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