Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telotaxis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: telotaxis
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

movement of an organism either toward or away from a stimulus

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From telo- + taxis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

telotaxes (plural)

Questions

What does telotaxis mean?: movement of an organism either toward or away from a stimulus
Where does telotaxis come from?: From telo- + taxis.

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