Word Study
poikilothermic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective poikilothermic has 1 sense
- poikilothermic(s = adj.all) ectothermic, heterothermic, poikilothermous - of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment; Array Derived form noun poikilotherm1
CIDE DICTIONARY
poikilothermic, a. [Gr. poiki`los changeable + E. thermal, thermic.].
Having a varying body temperature. See Homoiothermal. [1913 Webster]
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