Adjective : motile cells; motile spores. From Dictionary.com.
That was the only evidence of nonmotile predation occurring in their immediate vicinity. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning World]
Many species exhibit oogamy, a type of anosogamy in which a flagellated sperm fertilizes a nonmotile egg. From Wordnik.com. [Mutation, selection and complexity - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The fliD mutant strain was completely nonmotile, indicating that these abnormal flagella were functionally defective. From Wordnik.com. [Confirmation Bias and ID] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Phytoplankton] Reference
By contrast, cells also contain a single, nonmotile cilium known as the primary cilium. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
In the first phase of dissemination, replicating microbes formed networks of nonmotile organisms that moved by adhering to the cells lining the tick midgut. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A symbiotic nonmotile insect about the size of the claw in your smallest digit. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Used the Universe]
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