tonic immobility

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tonic immobility (uncountable)

  1. (zoology) A behaviour in which an animal appears to be temporarily paralysed and unresponsive to external stimuli, for example in response to the threat of a predator.
    Synonyms: TI, thanatosis, playing dead
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