TROPOTAXIS


Meaning of TROPOTAXIS in English

/trop'euh tak"sis, troh'peuh-/ , n. Zool.

straight movement by an organism toward or away from a source of stimulation as a result of comparing information received by paired sensory receptors on both sides of the body. Cf. klinotaxis .

[ 1930-35; TROPO- + -TAXIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .