Taxis

Taxis

An innate behavioural response to a directional stimulus (a stimulus from a particular direction) whereby the organism either moves toward (positive taxis) or away (negative taxis) from the stimulus.

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Category: Coral reefs
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taxis

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An innate behavioral response to a directional stimulus (a stimulus from a particular direction) whereby the organism either moves toward (positive taxis) or away (negative taxis) ...

taxis

Biology; Cell biology

The behavior when an animal turns and moves toward or away from an external stimulus (pl. : taxes).

taxis

Biology; General

The behavior when an animal turns and moves toward or away from an external stimulus (pl.: taxes).

taxis

Science; General science

A mechanism of orientation by means of which an animal moves in a direction related to a source of stimulation. There exists a widely accepted terminology in which the nature of ...

taxi

Aviation; Air traffic control; Airport

The movement of an aircraft on the surface of an aerodrome under its own power, excluding takeoff and landing.

taxis

Language; Dictionaries

Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.

nodulose

Natural environment; Coral reefs

With small nodules, knobs or swellings.

fissure

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A deep and narrow depression cutting across the reef front with origins relating to jointing planes in the reef limestone or non-limestone bedrock.

damselfish

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large family (Pomacentridae) of bony fishes which are abundant and common inhabitants of coral reefs. They possess robust, deep, and laterally compressed bodies. The majority of ...

complementary resources

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pair of resources for which consumption by the consumer of one resource reduces its requirement for the other.

antennule

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small antenna, especially the first pair of antennae in crustaceans.

odontophore

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A tooth-bearing structure found in most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which support the radula and radula sac; the term is also applied ...

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