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vibrotaxis

vibrotaxis noun: the way an organism responds to mechanical (physical) vibrations.

Noun

vibrotaxis (uncountable)

  1. The way an organism responds to mechanical (physical) vibrations.
    • It has been said by some writers on behaviour that true telotaxis is shown only in the movements of animals towards, or away from, the light. But there can be no doubt that the scope of the category should be broadened to include vibrotaxis.1959, Savory, Theodore Horace, 1896-, Instinctive living : a study of invertebrate behaviour, page 36
    • Aganaspis pelleranoi females detected host larvae mainly by sensing host movements (vibrotaxis).1994, Argentina, Rsea Sociedad Entomológica, Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 53 (1-4), page 121

Origin of vibrotaxis

From vibro-, from Latin vibrāre (“vibrate”) + Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”)

Questions about vibrotaxis

What does vibrotaxis mean?
Vibrotaxis means the way an organism responds to mechanical (physical) vibrations.
What part of speech is vibrotaxis?
Vibrotaxis is a noun.

Words near vibrotaxis in the dictionary

  1. vibrostimulation
  2. vibrostimulations
  3. vibrotactile
  4. vibrotaction
  5. vibrotational
  6. vibrotaxis
  7. vibrotherapeutics
  8. vibrotherapy
  9. vibrotome
  10. vibrotomes
  11. vibs

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