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The answer MOTILE has 13 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of motile in various dictionaries:
noun - one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action
adj - (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement
Moving or having the power to move spontaneously: motile spores.
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Change 1 letter in "mobile" to get this word used of sperm & spores |
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(especially of plants, organisms, and very small forms of life) able to move by itself |
Biology Moving or having the power to move spontaneously: motile spores. |
Psychology Of or relating to mental imagery that arises primarily from sensations of bodily movement and position rather than from visual or auditory sensations. |
one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action |
(of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement |
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Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy. This is in contrast to mobility, which describes the ability of an object to be moved. Motility is genetically determined, but may be affected by environmental factors. For instance, muscles give animals motility but the consumption of hydrogen cyanide (the environmental factor in this case) would adversely affect muscle physiology, causing them to stiffen, leading to rigor mortis. In addition to animal locomotion, most animals are motile (some move by passive locomotion) the term applies to bacteria and other microorganisms, and to some multicellular organisms, as well as to some mechanisms of fluid flow in multicellular organs and tissue. Motile marine animals are commonly called free-swimming, and motile non-parasitic organisms are called free-living. * Motility also refers to an organism's ability to move food through its digestive tract. There are two types of intestinal motility peristalsis and |