Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tropotaxis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tropotaxis
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

From tropo- + taxis.

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Questions

What does tropotaxis mean?
Movement by organisms with paired receptor cells, triggered when the stimuli at the receptors are equally balanced.
Where does tropotaxis come from?
From tropo- + taxis.

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