tropotaxis

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English

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Etymology

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From tropo- +‎ -taxis.

Noun

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tropotaxis (usually uncountable, plural tropotaxes)

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