Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
motile
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word nonmotile.
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 2008
-
The fliD mutant strain was completely nonmotile, indicating that these abnormal flagella were functionally defective.
-
The connecting neck is actually a modified, nonmotile cilium, so it is suspected that supplies reach the OS by IFT.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
-
The connecting neck is actually a modified, nonmotile cilium, so it is suspected that supplies reach the OS by IFT.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
-
The connecting neck is actually a modified, nonmotile cilium, so it is suspected that supplies reach the OS by IFT.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
-
The connecting neck is actually a modified, nonmotile cilium, so it is suspected that supplies reach the OS by IFT.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
-
Many species exhibit oogamy, a type of anosogamy in which a flagellated sperm fertilizes a nonmotile egg.
-
That was the only evidence of nonmotile predation occurring in their immediate vicinity.
Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003
-
That was the only evidence of nonmotile predation occurring in their immediate vicinity.
Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003
-
By contrast, cells also contain a single, nonmotile cilium known as the primary cilium.
Scientific American 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.