Ethology is the study of animal behavior. An animal s behavior is its response to sensory input. There are three types of behaviors: orientation, agonistic, and mating. Orientation behaviors take the animal to its most favorable environment. Taxis is when an animal moves toward or away from a stimulus.
...the illegal diversion of profits from secret arms sales. Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary. See also: divers, derision, diversify, diversity. Add your entry in the Collaborative Dictionary.
1. to wander away from the main topic or argument in speaking or writing. 2. Archaic. to turn aside. [1520â30; < Latin dÄ«gressus, past participle of dÄ«gredÄ« to go off, depart, digress =dÄ«- di-2 + -gredÄ«, comb. form of gradÄ« to go; compare grade]