'Thermotaxis' definitions:

Definition of 'Thermotaxis'

From: GCIDE

Thermotaxis \Ther`mo*tax"is\, n. [NL.; thermo- + Gr. ? an arranging.] (Physiol.) (a) The property possessed by protoplasm of moving under the influence of heat. (b) Determination of the direction of locomotion by heat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]