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thygmotaxis

thygmotaxis is the misspelling of thigmotaxis.

Meaning of thigmotaxis

Noun

thigmotaxis (usually uncountable, plural thigmotaxes)

  1. (usually) The movement of an organism either towards or away from the stimulus of physical contact.

Questions about thygmotaxis

What is thygmotaxis the misspelling of?
Thygmotaxis is the misspelling of thigmotaxis.

Words near thygmotaxis in the dictionary

  1. thye
  2. Thyestean
  3. Thyestes
  4. Thygerson
  5. thygmotaxic
  6. thygmotaxis
  7. Thyia
  8. thyine
  9. thylacinamorphic
  10. thylacine
  11. thylacines

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