Motile

//ˈməʊtaɪl//

Synonyms for "motile" (21 found)

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Finnish

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  • motiili adj (Having the power to move spontaneously)

French

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  • motile adj (Having the power to move spontaneously)

German

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  • beweglich adj (Having the power to move spontaneously)

Italian

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  • mobile adj (Having the power to move spontaneously)

Polish

2 entries
  • ruchliwy adj (Having the power to move spontaneously)
  • ruchomy adj (Having the power to move spontaneously)

Portuguese

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  • móvel adj (Having the power to move spontaneously)

Slovak

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  • pohyblivý adj (Having the power to move spontaneously)

Spanish

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  • móvil adj (Having the power to move spontaneously)

Sample sentences

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The gametes produced by the male are motile.

Source: tatoeba (8045382)

Moss have motile sperm, unlike most plants, who take advantage of their surroundings to transport their gametes.

Source: tatoeba (8160758)

1914 Shelford, Victor E.: The American Naturalist: Comparison of the Responses of Sessile and Motile Plants and Animals Sessile organisms are those which are sedentary in habit, whether attached or possessing slight powers of locomotion. Motile organisms are those that habitually move about. Vagile or creeping forms as well as swimming, walking, flying, burrowing types are included. Most sessile animals are capable of moving their parts, while only a few sessile plants possess this capacity, and these only to a slight degree. There is no sharp distinction between sessile (sedentary) and motile organisms. Every possible gradation exists between fixed non-motile types as trees on the one hand and the pelagic fishes on the other.

Source: wiktionary

It seemed to him that, if there were a Holy Trinity as the churches taught, this must be unified through a manner of capillary action, Father merging into Son and both into Holy Ghost. So God is motile as the blood is.

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