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mnemotaxis

mnemotaxis noun: movement by organisms back along their own trails.

Noun

mnemotaxis (uncountable)

  1. Movement by organisms back along their own trails.

Origin of mnemotaxis

From mnemo- + taxis.

Questions about mnemotaxis

What does mnemotaxis mean?
Mnemotaxis means movement by organisms back along their own trails.
What part of speech is mnemotaxis?
Mnemotaxis is a noun.

Words near mnemotaxis in the dictionary

  1. mnemonizing
  2. mnemons
  3. mnemophobia
  4. Mnemosyne
  5. mnemotactic
  6. mnemotaxis
  7. mnemotechnic
  8. mnemotechnical
  9. mnemotechnically
  10. mnemotechnics
  11. mnemotechnies

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