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motile

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
motile /ˈməʊtʌɪl/

▶adjective

1 Zoology & Botany (of cells, gametes, and single-celled organisms) capable of motion.

2 Psychology relating to or characterized by responses that involve muscular rather than audio-visual sensations.

– derivatives
motility noun.

– origin C19: from L. motus ‘motion’, on the pattern of mobile.

'motile' also found in these Oxford entries:

azoospermia - phototaxis - spermatozoid - spermatozoon - sporozoite

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