Heliotaxis

Origin

- + taxis

Full definition of heliotaxis

Noun

1. (biology) Phototaxis related to the sun.
1. Movement of an organism toward sunlight; positive heliotaxis.
2. Movement of an organism away from sunlight; negative heliotaxis.
• 1903, William Morton Wheeler, "Some Notes on the Habits of Cerapachs Augustae", Psyche 10(325-326), page 206:Pronounced negative heliotaxis, evidently depending on some photodermatic sense, was apparent when the ants were exposed to the sun...