HOMOTHERMIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature

Synonyms:

homeothermic; homoiothermic; homothermic

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

warm-blooded (having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated))

Derivation:

homotherm (an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature)

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