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Noun Concept
Categories: Zoology, All articles lacking reliable references, Physiology, Cell movement, Ethology
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motility  animal locomotion  cell locomotion  Free-swimmer  Free-swimmers
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Ability to move spontaneously and independently WordNet 3.0
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Ability to move spontaneously and independently WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy. Wikipedia
Animal locomotion, in ethology, is any of a variety of methods that animals use to move from one place to another. Wikipedia
Self-propulsion by an animal Wikidata
Ability to move spontaneously and actively, using metabolic energy Wikidata
The state of being motile (moving). Wiktionary
State of being motile. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
mobility
aptitude
locomotion
HAS KIND
bipedalism
crawl
Animal locomotion on the water surface
arboreal locomotion
fish locomotion
+7 relations
ANTONYM
immotility
DERIVATION
motile
OPPOSITE OF
sessility
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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motility
Wikipedia
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animal locomotion, motility
Wikidata
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animal locomotion, motility
Wiktionary
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motility
Wikipedia Redirections
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cell locomotion, Free-swimmer, Free-swimmers, free-swimming, Free swimmer, Free swimmers, free swimming, Freeswimmer, Freeswimmers, Freeswimming, hypomotility, immotile, locomotor abilities, locomotor ability, locomotor activity, locomotory organ, Motile cell, Motilely, Motileness, Motilities, Motion in biology, passive locomotion in animals, vagile, vagility
Wikidata Alias
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motile

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