Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Noting a condition of water, air, or other liquid in which warm and dry air are very much mixed without having had time to come to an equilibrium.
- Of or pertaining to heterotherms or cold-blooded animals; cold-blooded.
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- adjective Relating to, or exhibiting,
heterothermy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment
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Examples
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In heterothermic (cold-blooded) invertebrates, hairiness and melanism (dark pigmentation) enable them to warm up in the summer season.
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Thus, an impaired control of the heterothermic process induced high energy costs in the aging mouse lemur exposed to cold.
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