telotaxis
noun
telo·tax·is
ˌtel-ə-ˈtak-səs
ˌtēl-
plural telotaxes
-ˌsēz
: a taxis in which an organism orients itself in respect to a stimulus (as a light source) as though that were the only stimulus acting on it
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