anemotropismn.
/əˌnɛmə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊpɪz(ə)m/, /ˌanᵻmə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊpɪz(ə)m/, /əˌnɛmə(ʊ)ˈtrɒpɪz(ə)m/, /ˌanᵻmə(ʊ)ˈtrɒpɪz(ə)m/, /ˌanᵻˈmɒtrəpɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌænəˈmɑtrəˌpɪzəm/ Biology.
Turning or orientation of an organism, or part of an organism, in a direction determined by that of the wind.
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1899 W. M. Wheeler in Archiv f. Entwickelungsmechanik der Organismen 8 373 This peculiarity [in the flight of Diptera]..is an orientation of the body with respect to the wind. As it appears to be a true tropism I shall call it anemotropism.
1959 T. Savory Instinctive Living iii. 27 These actions are described respectively as rheotropism and anemotropism, caused by an equalizing of fluid or air-pressure on the two sides of the body.
2016 Fungal Biol. Rev. 30 52/2 Mushrooms may also react to wind (anemotropism) in an at first glance counterintuitive way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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