Phototactic

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of or relating to phototaxis
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In botany, pertaining to, characteristic of, or exhibiting phototaxis.
  • In biology, of or pertaining to the locomotion of organisms in relation to direction of light; exhibiting phototaxis or photopathy.
  • Word Usage
    "Unlike other algae genera sequenced to date, these swift swimmers can cut through the water column at a rate of 50 body lengths per second, and are phototactic, meaning that they can swim towards the sunlight from which they derive their energy."