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heliotaxis (medicine) and vagile (iou)


heliotaxis (medicine)


heliotaxis


A form of phototaxis, and perhaps of thermotaxis, in which there is a tendency to growth or movement toward (positive heliotaxis) or away from (negative heliotaxis) the sun or the sunlight.

Synonym: heliotropism.

Origin: helio-+ G. Taxis, orderly arrangement


vagile (iou)



vagile adjective. E20.
[from Latin vagus wandering, straying + -ILE.]
Biology. Of an organism or group of organisms: having the ability to disperse or be dispersed in a given environment.
vagility noun the quality of being vagile M20.