scototaxis / phototaxis
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prettygoodwordphototaxis (foh-toh-TAK-sis) - n., movement of an organism in response to light.
scototaxis (skoh-toh-TAK-sis) - n., movement of an organism in response to darkness.
Positive scototaxis ("shadow + arrangement") is not the same as negative phototaxis ("light + arrangement"), though it can be hard distinguish between them. One way to think of it as whether it's light is painful or darkness is pleasurable.
---L.
scototaxis (skoh-toh-TAK-sis) - n., movement of an organism in response to darkness.
Positive scototaxis ("shadow + arrangement") is not the same as negative phototaxis ("light + arrangement"), though it can be hard distinguish between them. One way to think of it as whether it's light is painful or darkness is pleasurable.
---L.
