motile Capable of self-propelled movement. A term that is sometimes used to distinguish between certain types of organisms found in water. motion An application to a court, either written or oral, for a rule or order.
The total free-floating community of small, mostly microscopic, organisms in water, some are motile but all are at the mercy of water currents. Precipitation ...
Most species are motile, either by whiplike structures called flagella, hairlike structures called cilia, or amoeboid motion, a streaming type of movement involving the formation of pseudopods (footlike extensions) ...
plankton Passively floating or weakly motile aquatic plants ( phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton ).
bryophytes one of two major groups in the plant kingdom, bryophytes are distinguised from the tracheophyres by the lack of fluid-conducting tissues of xylem and phloem, and the production of motile sperm that must swim through water to fertilize ...
Motile organism An organism capable of spontaneous movement. Multiple resistance (to pesticides) Resistance of an organism to a number of pesticides requiring different mechanisms to counteract their effects.
See also: Algae, Density, Environment, Habitat, Release
 
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