magnetotaxis

Meaning

Noun

The supposed ability to sense a magnetic field and coordinate movement in response, later discovered to be natural magnetism: such creatures orient themselves magnetically even after death

Origin

magneto- + taxis; coined in 1975 by R. P. Blakemore to describe certain motile aquatic bacteria.

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