Exhibiting, or capable of, spontaneous movement; as, motile bacteria, motile protozoa, motile cilia, motile spores, etc.
Producing motion; as, motile powers.
Able to move oneself about, capable of self-locomotion.
a benthic organism that can move through the sediments of the sea bottom or across the surface of those sediments. See sessile.
Capable of locomotion. Microorganisms having exterior flagella or other means of self-propulsion.
Exhibiting motion, such as in live sperm.
Capable of self-propelled movement. A term that is sometimes used to distinguish between certain types of organisms found in water.
actively moving; self-propelled.
Actively moving or capable of moving spontaneously.
motility having the capacity to move from one place to another.
Capable of motion. Selected bacteria are motile, enabling them to move about their immediate environment.