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Noun: taxis  tak-sis
  1. A locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
     
  2. The surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
Noun: taxi (taxis,taxies)  tak-see
  1. A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
    - cab, hack [N. Amer], taxicab

Type of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motorcar, op [informal], operation, reaction, response, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Part of: fleet

Encyclopedia: Taxis

Taxi, roulotte et corrida