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noun
A cold-blooded animal: one, such as an amphibian, fish, reptile, or arthropod, which has a limited ability to regulate its body temperature and whose body temperature thus depends on the ambient temperature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: poikilotherm
Antonyms: endotherm, homeotherm, homoeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm
noun
an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: poikilotherm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
History
From ecto- + -therm.
Across languages
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