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Listen to native speakers pronounce “phototaxis” in real conversational contexts with synchronized timestamps and subtitles.
The influence of light on the movements of low organisms, as various infusorians, the zoöspores of certain algæ, etc.; also, the tendency to follow definite directions of motion or assume definite positions under such influence. If the migration is toward the source of light, it is termed positive phototaxis; if away from the light, negative phototaxis.