tropotaxisn.
/ˌtrɒpəˈtaksɪs/, U.S. /ˌtroʊpəˈtæksəs/, /ˌtrɑpəˈtæksəs/ Zoology.
Movement of an animal in a direction determined by differential stimulation of symmetrically distributed sensory organs or receptors; an instance of this.
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tropotaxis1926
telotaxis1934
1926 M. F. Washburn Animal Mind (ed. 3) viii. 203 Kühn has suggested the following terms: tropotaxis, when equal stimuli fall on symmetrical points, causing symmetrical nerve excitations and muscle tensions, so that the animal follows a diagonal between them.
1941 Nature 15 Feb. 190/2 Kineses are subdivided into ortho-kineses and klino-kineses, and taxes into klino-taxes, tropo-taxes, and telo-taxes.
1979 Experientia 35 1457/2 Tubenosed fruit bats locate ripe fruit from among unripe fruit by olfaction, and since detection..has to be made while on the wing, it seems likely that tropotaxis is beneficial.
2002 R. B. Chase Behavior & its Neural Control Gastropod Molluscs vi. 115 In the absence of any ambient air currents, animals could not orient unless both posterior tentacles were intact, implying the use of tropotaxis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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