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HETEROTHERMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterothermic mean? 

HETEROTHERMIC (adjective)
  The adjective HETEROTHERMIC has 1 sense:

1. of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environmentplay

  Familiarity information: HETEROTHERMIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HETEROTHERMIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment

Synonyms:

ectothermic; heterothermic; poikilothermic; poikilothermous

Similar:

cold-blooded (having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated))


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