biocompasses

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A form of biocompass — A biological compass.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of biocompass

    Guided by the Earth’s magnetic field, starlight and other biocompasses that scientists have yet to fully divine, the birds wheel over land and sea, alighting opportunistically en route to rest, preen and refuel.

    2007 September 18, Natalie Angier, “Songs and Sojourns of the Season”, in New York Times
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APA

biocompasses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biocompasses

MLA

“biocompasses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biocompasses. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biocompasses,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biocompasses.

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