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thygmotactic/thigmotactic

Portuguese translation: tigmotático

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English term or phrase:thigmotactic
Portuguese translation:tigmotático
Entered by: Matheus Chaud

18:58 Feb 15, 2022
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / study of raccons and opossums
English term or phrase: thygmotactic/thigmotactic
Feel: thigmotactic (vibrissae). The habit of small animals, like rodents, to prefer to stay close to vertical surfaces. I have found papers written in English on Brazilian databases, but the nearest to this is "coximotaxis".
Liam Gallagher
Brazil
Local time: 13:32
tigmotático
Explanation:

https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/tigmo...
tig.mo.tá.ti.co
=
que é relativo ou pertencente a tigmotatismo; haptotático
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Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 13:32
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4 +3tigmotático
Matheus Chaud
4 +1Tigmotáxicos
MARCOS BAZILIO


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
tigmotático


Explanation:

https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/tigmo...
tig.mo.tá.ti.co
=
que é relativo ou pertencente a tigmotatismo; haptotático

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 13:32
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 120
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
3 mins
  -> Obrigado, Filippe!
agree  Andrea Portela Nunes
26 mins
  -> Obrigado, Andrea!
agree  Clauwolf: parece termo da escolinha do prof. Raimundo:)
46 mins
  -> É verdade, aquelas perguntas que faziam pro Rolando Lero! 😁 Tks, Clau!
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Tigmotáxicos


Explanation:
Ratos com medo são bastante tigmotáxicos
https://www.academia.edu/40326749/Biopsicologia_5a_Edic_a_o_...


    https://www.academia.edu/40326749/Biopsicologia_5a_Edic_a_o_Pinel
MARCOS BAZILIO
Brazil
Local time: 13:32
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susane Schmieg: https://dicciomed.usal.es/palabra/tigmotaxia. Vide a etim ologia.
39 mins
  -> Thanks Susane!
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