HOMEOTHERMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homeothermic mean? 

• HOMEOTHERMIC (adjective)
  The adjective HOMEOTHERMIC has 1 sense:

1. of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature

  Familiarity information: HOMEOTHERMIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMEOTHERMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

homeothermic; homoiothermic; homothermic

Similar:

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

Derivation:

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