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Thigmotaxis

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The property possessed by living protoplasm of contracting, and thus moving, when touched by a solid or fluid substance.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Thigmotaxis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/thigmotaxis.html. 1828.