Look up: Klinotaxis


  1. klinotaxis
    (from the article `stereotyped response`) Klinotaxis is the achievement of orientation by alternate lateral movements of part or all of a body; there appears to occur a comparison of ... ...subdivided. Orthokinesis, for example, is a response that involves change in the speed of movement of the body...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/39

  2. klinotaxis
    klinotaxis A wavering side-to-side motion of the head occurring as an organism moves forward in response to a source of stimulation, caused by the alternating reaction of sensory receptors on either side of the body.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2093/5

  3. klinotaxis
    clinotaxis, clinotactic; klinotaxis, klinotactic 1. A directed reaction or orientation response of a motile organism to a gradient of stimulation. 2. A taxis in which the movement is one of turning.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2093/3

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