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HOMOTHERMIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does homothermic mean?
• HOMOTHERMIC (adjective)
The adjective HOMOTHERMIC has 1 sense:
1. of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature
Familiarity information: HOMOTHERMIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature
Synonyms:
homeothermic; homoiothermic; homothermic
Similar:
warm-blooded (having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated))
Derivation:
homotherm (an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature)
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