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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Adaptable to a wide range of temperatures. Used of an organism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of enduring great differences of temperature; found in localities which differ widely in temperature; contrasted with
stenothermal .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology, of an organism Able to
tolerate a wide range oftemperature
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The zander (Sander lucioperca) is a eurythermal species distributed widely in Europe whose growth and recruitment success correlates with temperature [6].
Climate change effects on arctic freshwater fish populations 2009
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