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telotaxis Biol.|tɛləʊˈtæksɪs| [mod.L., coined in Ger. (A. Kühn Die Orientierung der Tiere im Raum (1919) 60): see telo-1 and taxis 6.] Directional movement made by an animal in order to keep a particular source of stimulation acting on its sense receptor(s).
1934Jrnl. Exper. Biol. XI. 129 Those movements in which the animal is truly orientated Kühn calls topotaxis, and these again fall into two main groups: tropotaxis and telotaxis. 1976D. J. Horn Biol. Insects vi. 229 An example of telotaxis that has fascinated researchers is light-compass orientation. |