taxis
Cars for hire
Taxis is the plural of taxi, the vehicle for hire: The taxis lined up outside the hotel.
In biology, taxis refers to movement of an organism in response to a stimulus—toward it (positive taxis) or away (negative taxis): Bacteria exhibit chemotaxis, moving toward nutrients.
Vehicle for hire
- fareTransport payment
- meterDevice that measures usage
- hackneyCarriage horse breed
- cabbieProfessional taxi operator
driver · ride · hail · dispatch · rank · stand · medallion · minicab
Movement toward chemical cues
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- gradientRate of change across space
- motilitySelf-generated movement capacity
orientation · migration · attraction · repulsion · locomotion · flagella · cilia · bacteria
Cancer spreading beyond origin
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- migrationMovement to new territory
- motilitySelf-generated movement capacity
- adhesionState of clinging fast
proteolysis · homing · extravasation · dissemination · colonization
Systematic grouping by traits
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- phylumMajor classification rank
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
family · order · class · nomenclature · cladistics · systematics · phylogeny · binomial
cab
Vehicle for hire
cabbie · driver · ride · hail · dispatch · rank · stand · medallion · minicab · uber
chemotaxis
Movement toward chemical cues
motility · orientation · migration · attraction · repulsion · locomotion · flagella · cilia · bacteria · amoeba
metastasis
Cancer spreading beyond origin
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- migrationMovement to new territory
- motilitySelf-generated movement capacity
adhesion · proteolysis · homing · extravasation · dissemination · colonization
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
kingdom · family · order · class · nomenclature · cladistics · systematics · phylogeny · binomial · Linnaean
- transitbus, subway, train, metro, light rail
- airportsairports, airport, terminals, terminal building, runway
- biological responsesthermoregulation, stress response, physiological response, fight or flight, reflexes
- cell motilityactin, microtubule, cytoskeleton, flagella, cilia
- taxiskinesis, chemotaxis, tropism, phototropism, gravitropism
- citiesParis, London, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles
taxiswalking
Locomotion on foot
bicycles · cycling · on foot · hitchhiking · skateboarding
- taxi driverHired car operator
- taxi rankQueue point for hire cars
- yellow taxiHired city vehicle
- taxi ridePaid trip in hired car
- taxi standQueue point for cabs
- taxi cabVehicle for hire
taxi, taxicab, taxonomy, taxies, taxied, taxiing, taxidermy, taxonomic, taxidermist