Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to an organism that regulates its body temperature largely by exchanging heat with its surroundings; cold-blooded.
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- adjective of, or relating to an
ectotherm ;cold-blooded
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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Current revision as of 22: 52, 27 June 2009 is called ectothermic if it lacks an internal mechanism for regulating body heat.
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This invertebrate is ectothermic, meaning that they have body temperature that varies with the environment and they exhibit bilateral symmetry.
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Thus, it is easy to make a distinction between them in flight. ectothermic, meaning that they have body temperature that varies with the environment and they exhibit bilateral symmetry.
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Thus, it is easy to make a distinction between them in flight. ectothermic, meaning that they have body temperature that varies with the environment and they exhibit bilateral symmetry.
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This invertebrate is ectothermic, meaning that they have body temperature that varies with the environment and they exhibit bilateral symmetry.
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This invertebrate is ectothermic, meaning that they have body temperature that varies with the environment and they exhibit bilateral symmetry.
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Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. In biology, an [[organism]] is called '' 'ectothermic' '' if it lacks an internal mechanism for regulating body heat.
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This invertebrate is ectothermic, meaning that they have body temperature that varies with the environment and they exhibit bilateral symmetry.
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In biology, an [[organism]] is called '' 'ectothermic' '' if it lacks an internal mechanism for regulating body heat.
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This invertebrate is ectothermic, meaning that they have body temperature that varies with the environment and they exhibit bilateral symmetry.
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