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mechanoreceptive

mechanoreceptive adjective: responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch.

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

Forms of mechanoreceptive

comparativemore mechanoreceptive
superlativemost mechanoreceptive

Origin of mechanoreceptive

From mechano- + receptive.

Words formed from mechanoreceptive

Questions about mechanoreceptive

What does mechanoreceptive mean?
Mechanoreceptive means responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch.
What part of speech is mechanoreceptive?
Mechanoreceptive is an adjective.

Words near mechanoreceptive in the dictionary

  1. mechanoporation
  2. mechanoprotection
  3. mechanoprotective
  4. mechanoptosis
  5. mechanoreception
  6. mechanoreceptive
  7. mechanoreceptivity
  8. mechanoreceptor
  9. mechanoreceptorial
  10. mechanoreceptors
  11. mechanoreceptory

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