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Meaning of POIKILOTHERMIC

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment
 
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 Synonyms: cold-blooded, heterothermic, poikilothermous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Poi`ki*lo*ther"mic\ (-th[~e]r"m[i^]k), a. [Gr.
poiki`los changeable + E. thermal, thermic.] (Physiol.)
Having a varying body temperature. See {Homoiothermal}.
 

 

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