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noun
The supposed ability to sense a magnetic field and coordinate movement in response, later discovered to be natural magnetism: such creatures orient themselves magnetically even after death
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
From magneto- + taxis; coined in 1975 by R. P. Blakemore to describe certain motile aquatic bacteria.
Across languages
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