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telotaxis

telotaxis noun: movement of an organism either toward or away from a stimulus.

Noun

telotaxis (countable and uncountable, plural telotaxes)

  1. movement of an organism either toward or away from a stimulus

Forms of telotaxis

pluraltelotaxes

Origin of telotaxis

From telo- + taxis.

Questions about telotaxis

What does telotaxis mean?
Telotaxis means movement of an organism either toward or away from a stimulus.
What part of speech is telotaxis?
Telotaxis is a noun.
What is the plural of telotaxis?
The plural of telotaxis is telotaxes.

Words near telotaxis in the dictionary

  1. telostegostom
  2. telostegostomatal
  3. telotactic
  4. telotarsus
  5. telotaxes
  6. telotaxis
  7. teloteropathy
  8. telotrematous
  9. telotrisomic
  10. telotroch
  11. telotrochal

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