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
- cold-bloodedness
- poikilothermism
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- homeothermy
- homoiothermy
- warm-bloodedness
Related terms
Terms related to poikilothermy
Translations
the quality of having a variable body temperature depending on the environment
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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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