"poikilothermy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} poikilothermy (uncountable)
  1. (biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature of the environment; cold-bloodedness. Wikipedia link: poikilothermy Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Synonyms: cold-bloodedness, poikilothermism Hypernyms: bloodedness Coordinate_terms: homeothermy, homoiothermy, warm-bloodedness Translations (the quality of having a variable body temperature depending on the environment): Poikilothermie [feminine] (German), Kaltblütigkeit [feminine] (German), cenavam (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-poikilothermy-en-noun-oIH6ZlUq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with German translations, Terms with Volapük translations Topics: biology, natural-sciences Related terms: ectotherm, ectothermic, ectothermy, endotherm, endothermic, endothermy, heterotherm, heterothermia, heterothermic, heterothermy, homeotherm, homoiotherm, homoiothermous, homotherm, poikilotherm, poikilothermal, poikilothermic, poikilothermous, thermal homeostasis, thermoconformer, thermoregulation, bradymetabolism, daily torpor, Djungarian hamster (english: also Siberian hamster, Russian winter white dwarf hamster), Phodopus sungorus, metabolism, naked mole rat (english: also sand puppy or desert mole rat), Heterocephalus glaber, tachymetabolism, warm-blooded

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