"magnetotaxis" meaning in English

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        "The supposed ability to sense a magnetic field and coordinate movement in response, later discovered to be natural magnetism: such creatures orient themselves magnetically even after death"
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        "(biology) The supposed ability to sense a magnetic field and coordinate movement in response, later discovered to be natural magnetism: such creatures orient themselves magnetically even after death"
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          "sense": "the supposed ability to sense a magnetic field and coordinate movement in response",
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          "sense": "the supposed ability to sense a magnetic field and coordinate movement in response",
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          "sense": "the supposed ability to sense a magnetic field and coordinate movement in response",
          "word": "magnetotattismo"
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