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motile
CIDE DICTIONARY
motile, a. [See Motive.].
- Exhibiting, or capable of, spontaneous movement; as, motile bacteria, motile protozoa, motile cilia, motile spores, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Producing motion; as, motile powers. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
motile, n.
A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
motile, adj. Zool. & Bot. capable of motion.
Derivative
motility n.
Etymology
L motus motion (as MOVE)
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