English Explanatory Dictionary

tonic immobility

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A behaviour in which an animal appears to be temporarily paralysed and unresponsive to external stimuli, for example in response to the threat of a predator.

Word forms

tonic immobility

Synonyms

TI thanatosis playing dead
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