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  1. adj. Not motile

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement

Examples

  • “For example, reproduction in the cryptomonads is asexual and primarily via longitudinal cell division with the cell dividing in either a free-swimming or nonmotile condition.”

    Phytoplankton

  • “The fliD mutant strain was completely nonmotile, indicating that these abnormal flagella were functionally defective.”

    Confirmation Bias and ID

  • “The connecting neck is actually a modified, nonmotile cilium, so it is suspected that supplies reach the OS by IFT.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Edge of Evolution

  • “Many species exhibit oogamy, a type of anosogamy in which a flagellated sperm fertilizes a nonmotile egg.”

    Mutation, selection and complexity - The Panda's Thumb

  • “That was the only evidence of nonmotile predation occurring in their immediate vicinity.”

    Drowning World

  • “By contrast, cells also contain a single, nonmotile cilium known as the primary cilium.”

    Scientific American

  • “A symbiotic nonmotile insect about the size of the claw in your smallest digit. ”

    The Man Who Used the Universe

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