Word: barotaxis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ba
ro
ta
xis
Definition: The movement of a cell or an organism in response to pressure.
Morphemes:
Affix: baro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: pressure
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βάρος
Language: grc
Decoded: baros
Meaning: weight
Affix: taxi
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: taxa
Language: ML.
Decoded: taxa
Meaning: tax, charge
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.