"tonic immobility" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tonic immobility (uncountable)
  1. (zoology) A behaviour in which an animal appears to be temporarily paralysed and unresponsive to external stimuli, for example in response to the threat of a predator. Wikipedia link: tonic immobility Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Zoology Synonyms: TI, thanatosis, playing dead
    Sense id: en-tonic_immobility-en-noun-voe0Xt0h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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