"geotaxis" meaning in All languages combined

See geotaxis on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: geotaxes [plural]
Etymology: geo- + taxis Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=order}}, {{prefix|en|geo|taxis}} geo- + taxis Head templates: {{en-noun|-|geotaxes}} geotaxis (usually uncountable, plural geotaxes)
  1. (biology) A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Biology Translations (living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces): géotaxisme [masculine] (French), geotaktismo (Ido), dutbiling (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-geotaxis-en-noun-n5nCIFGI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with geo- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with geo-: 69 31 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of "living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces": 98 2
  2. (biology) A downward movement. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-geotaxis-en-noun-2hghGoK3 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: phototaxis

Inflected forms

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