Usually means: Cells or organisms that move independently.
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  1. motiles: Merriam-Webster
  2. motiles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. motiles: Vocabulary.com
  4. motiles: Wiktionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. motiles: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See motile as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (motile)

adjective:  (biology) In organisms: having the power to move spontaneously.
adjective:  (biology) In organs or organelles: capable of producing motion.
adjective:  (physiology) In organs: having the power to move their contents, or to change their shape or tension by writhing or contracting as required by their particular physiological functions.
adjective:  (psychology) Of or relating to those mental images that arise from the sensations of bodily movement and position.
noun:  (psychology) A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, etc.
▸ Also see motile


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