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Definition of: thermotaxis
(thûr′mō·tak′sis) noun Biol.
1. The regulation or normal adjustment of the animal heat in an organism.
2. The determination of movement by heat.
—ther′mo·tax′ic, ther′mo·tac′tic (-tak′tik) adjective
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