Motile

/ˈməʊtaɪl/

Synonyms for "motile" (20 found)

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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
animal like protists
Verb(1 words)

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beholderbiological propertyobserverperceiverpercipientphysical traitphysiological traitreproductive trait

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flagellated cellsflagellated organismsgametesspermatozoa

Collocations

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motile bacteriamotile cellsmotile ciliamotile organismsmotile spermnonmotile cells

Inflections

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more motilemost motile

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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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