HOMEOTHERM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homeotherm mean? 

• HOMEOTHERM (noun)
  The noun HOMEOTHERM has 1 sense:

1. an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature

  Familiarity information: HOMEOTHERM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMEOTHERM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

homeotherm; homoiotherm; homotherm

Hypernyms ("homeotherm" is a kind of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Derivation:

homeothermic (of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature)