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TROPHOTROPISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trophotropism mean?
• TROPHOTROPISM (noun)
The noun TROPHOTROPISM has 1 sense:
1. an orienting response to food
Familiarity information: TROPHOTROPISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An orienting response to food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("trophotropism" is a kind of...):
tropism (an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source)
Derivation:
trophotropic (of or relating to trophotropism)
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