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vag·ile
(văj′əl, -īl)adj.
Able or tending to move from place to place or disperse: a vagile animal species.
[Latin vagus, wandering + -ile.]
va·gil·i·ty (və-jĭl′ĭ-tē, vă-) n.
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vagile
(ˈveɪdʒaɪl)adj
(Zoology) able to move freely
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vag•ile
(ˈvædʒ əl; esp. Brit. -aɪl)adj. Biol.
able to move freely, as organisms.
[1885–90; < Latin vag(us) wandering]
va•gil•i•ty (vəˈdʒɪl ɪ ti) n.
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Adj. | 1. | vagile - having freedom to move about; "vagile aquatic animals" zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals sessile - permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "sessile marine animals and plants" |
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