intention movement

noun Ethology.

behavior that is preparatory to another behavior, as a crouch before a leap.

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Nearby words

intensive care, intensive care unit, intensively, intent, intention, intention movement, intention spasm, intention tremor, intentional, intentional community, intentional fallacy

Origin of intention movement

First recorded in 1945–50

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