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Related to or being a homeotherm, an animal capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: warm-blooded, endothermic, endothermal, homoeothermal, homoiothermal, homothermal
Antonyms: cold-blooded, ectothermic, ectothermal, poikilothermic, poikilothermal
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homoiothermic, homothermic
Antonyms: none provided
By surface analysis, homeo- + -thermic, from the Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind, similar”) in conjunction with θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”), or, by surface analysis, homeotherm + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Polish:
homeotermiczny
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Portuguese:
homeotérmico
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