"mesotherm" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Wikipedia link: mesotherm Categories (topical): Zoology Related terms: mesothermic, mesothermy Translations (Translations): мезотерм (mezoterm) (Russian)

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