anemotaxisn.
/əˌnɛmə(ʊ)ˈtaksɪs/, /ˌanᵻmə(ʊ)ˈtaksɪs/, U.S. /ˌænəməˈtæksəs/, /əˌnɛməˈtæksəs/ Biology.
Movement of an organism in a direction determined by that of the wind.Used esp. with reference to insects flying or moving upwind in response to a chemical attractant carried by the wind.
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anemotaxis1903
mechanosensitivity1969
1903 Canad. Entomologist 35 222 Perhaps the course taken was at first an expression of positive anemotaxis—a flight against the prevailing wind.
1939 Auk 56 23 Anemotaxis in any form is, of course, not due to the effect of the wind on the plumage of the bird concerned.
1976 Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 20 283 The beetles..will respond to attractive plant volatiles by an odour-conditioned anemotaxis.
1993 H.-G. Bauer & V. Westhead tr. P. Berthold Bird Migration vii. 154 A number of researchers have concluded that migrants use wind as a direct reference cue for migration stages, and even positive anemotaxis (movement toward the oncoming wind—‘head-wind migration’—was found.
2007 U. R. Bernier et al. in M. Debboun et al. Insect Repellents iv. 82 With the release of a chemical, upwind anemotaxis and subsequent trapping of a few mosquitoes is observed at times.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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