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tropotaxis

tropotaxis noun: movement by organisms with paired receptor cells, triggered when the stimuli at the receptors are equally balanced.

Noun

tropotaxis (usually uncountable, plural tropotaxes)

  1. (usually) Movement by organisms with paired receptor cells, triggered when the stimuli at the receptors are equally balanced.

Forms of tropotaxis

pluraltropotaxes

Origin of tropotaxis

From tropo- + taxis.

Words formed from tropotaxis

Questions about tropotaxis

What does tropotaxis mean?
Tropotaxis means movement by organisms with paired receptor cells, triggered when the stimuli at the receptors are equally balanced.
What part of speech is tropotaxis?
Tropotaxis is a noun.
What is the plural of tropotaxis?
The plural of tropotaxis is tropotaxes.

Words near tropotaxis in the dictionary

  1. tropospheric scatters
  2. tropospherically
  3. tropotactic
  4. tropotactically
  5. tropotaxes
  6. tropotaxis
  7. Tropp
  8. Troppau
  9. troppo
  10. Tropps
  11. trops

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