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homoiothermic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective homoiothermic has 1 sense
- homoiothermic(s = adj.all) homeothermic, homothermic - of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature; Array Derived form noun homoiotherm1
CIDE DICTIONARY
homoiothermic, a. [Gr. like + E. thermal.].
Maintaining a uniform body temperature, usually above the ambient temperature; hæmatothermal; homothermic; warm-blooded; -- applied to warm-bodied animals such as birds and mammals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal ) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium. [1913 Webster]
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