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mechanoceptive

mechanoceptive is the alternative form of mechanoreceptive.

Meaning of mechanoreceptive

Adjective

mechanoreceptive (comparative more mechanoreceptive, superlative most mechanoreceptive)

  1. Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch
    • Cephalopods, like fishes and aquatic amphibians, have a mechanoreceptive system that is highly sensitive to local water movements.1996, B.U. Budelmann, “Active Marine Predators”, in Lenz et al., editors, Zooplankton, →ISBN, page 136

Questions about mechanoceptive

What is mechanoceptive the alternative form of?
Mechanoceptive is the alternative form of mechanoreceptive.

Words near mechanoceptive in the dictionary

  1. mechanocardiographic
  2. mechanocardiography
  3. mechanocellular
  4. mechanoceptic
  5. mechanoceptically
  6. mechanoceptive
  7. mechanoceptor
  8. mechanoceptors
  9. mechanochemical
  10. mechanochemically
  11. mechanochemistry

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