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HOMOIOTHERMIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does homoiothermic mean?
• HOMOIOTHERMIC (adjective)
The adjective HOMOIOTHERMIC has 1 sense:
1. of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature
Familiarity information: HOMOIOTHERMIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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:
homoiotherm (an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature)
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