Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Movement of an organism in response to a current of water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The locomotion of a cell or of an organism in respect to currents of water: applied both to the movements of a myxomycete upon filter-paper over which water is flowing and to the movements of fish stemming a current.
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- noun biology
movement in response to acurrent (of water or air)
Etymologies
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From rheo- + -taxis
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There is also thigmotaxis, a response to touch, rheotaxis, a response to water currents, and a number of others.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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