"mesotherm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mesotherms [plural]
Etymology: From meso- + -therm. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|meso|therm}} meso- + -therm Head templates: {{en-noun}} mesotherm (plural mesotherms)
  1. (zoology) An animal that adjusts its body to a metabolically favourable temperature using a context-dependent balance of internal metabolically-produced heat and external-environmentally derived heat.
    Sense id: en-mesotherm-en-noun-lK6-HxXH Categories (other): Zoology, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meso-, English terms suffixed with -therm, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meso-: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -therm: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  2. (botany) A plant that thrives in moderate temperatures.
    Sense id: en-mesotherm-en-noun-GbYQTGH5 Categories (other): Botany, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meso-, English terms suffixed with -therm, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meso-: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -therm: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 40 60 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mesothermic, mesothermy Translations (Translations): мезотерм (mezoterm) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 45 55

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