Usually means: Movement in response to light.
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  1. phototaxy: Collins English Dictionary
  2. phototaxy: Wiktionary
  3. phototaxy: Dictionary.com
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  5. phototaxy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  phototaxis

Similar:
photomovement, phototaxis, phototropy, gyrophototaxis, photophobotaxis, heliotaxis, heterotaxia, photoattraction, telotaxis, stereotaxis, more...

Opposite:
scototaxis, negative phototaxis, photophobia

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Similar:
photomovement, phototaxis, phototropy, gyrophototaxis, photophobotaxis, heliotaxis, heterotaxia, photoattraction, telotaxis, stereotaxis, more...

Opposite:
scototaxis, negative phototaxis, photophobia



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