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optomotor

optomotor adjective: describing movement of the eye, head or body (especially of insects) that steadies the field of vision.

Adjective

optomotor (not comparable)

  1. Describing movement of the eye, head or body (especially of insects) that steadies the field of vision

Origin of optomotor

From opto- + motor.

Questions about optomotor

What does optomotor mean?
Optomotor means describing movement of the eye, head or body (especially of insects) that steadies the field of vision.
What part of speech is optomotor?
Optomotor is an adjective.

Words near optomotor in the dictionary

  1. optometrics
  2. optometrist
  3. optometrists
  4. optometry
  5. optomologist
  6. optomotor
  7. optophobia
  8. optophone
  9. optophones
  10. optophysiologic
  11. optophysiological

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