poikilothermy

English

Noun

poikilothermy (uncountable)

(biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature of the environment; cold-bloodedness.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

bloodedness

Coordinate terms

Related terms

Terms related to poikilothermy

Translations

the quality of having a variable body temperature depending on the environment

German: Poikilothermie (de) f, Kaltblütigkeit (de) f
Volapük: cenavam

See also

bradymetabolism
daily torpor
Djungarian hamster (also Siberian hamster, Russian winter white dwarf hamster), Phodopus sungorus
metabolism
naked mole rat (also sand puppy or desert mole rat), Heterocephalus glaber
tachymetabolism
warm-blooded

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