"poikilotherm" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more poikilotherm [comparative], most poikilotherm [superlative]
Etymology: From poikilo- + -therm. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|poikilo|therm}} poikilo- + -therm Head templates: {{en-adj}} poikilotherm (comparative more poikilotherm, superlative most poikilotherm)
  1. cold-blooded Synonyms: poikilothermic Translations (Ecology: animals with unconstant body temperature): poikilotherm (German), 変温動物 (hen'ondōbutsu) (alt: へんおんどうぶつ) (Japanese), poiquilotérmico [masculine] (Portuguese), cenavamik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-poikilotherm-en-adj-UoK7Pr5h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poikilo-, English terms suffixed with -therm Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poikilo-: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -therm: 70 30

Noun

Forms: poikilotherms [plural]
Etymology: From poikilo- + -therm. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|poikilo|therm}} poikilo- + -therm Head templates: {{en-noun}} poikilotherm (plural poikilotherms)
  1. A cold-blooded animal Related terms: poikilothermal, poikilothermia, poikilothermic, poikilothermism, poikilothermous, poikilothermy
    Sense id: en-poikilotherm-en-noun-08SzvJ66

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for poikilotherm meaning in English (2.5kB)

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      "form": "more poikilotherm",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Ecology: animals with unconstant body temperature",
          "word": "poikilotherm"
        },
        {
          "alt": "へんおんどうぶつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hen'ondōbutsu",
          "sense": "Ecology: animals with unconstant body temperature",
          "word": "変温動物"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Ecology: animals with unconstant body temperature",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "poiquilotérmico"
        },
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "Ecology: animals with unconstant body temperature",
          "word": "cenavamik"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "A cold-blooded animal"
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          "word": "poikilothermal"
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          "word": "poikilothermia"
        },
        {
          "word": "poikilothermic"
        },
        {
          "word": "poikilothermism"
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          "word": "poikilothermous"
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        {
          "word": "poikilothermy"
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      "sense": "Ecology: animals with unconstant body temperature",
      "word": "poikilotherm"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へんおんどうぶつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hen'ondōbutsu",
      "sense": "Ecology: animals with unconstant body temperature",
      "word": "変温動物"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "Ecology: animals with unconstant body temperature",
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      "sense": "Ecology: animals with unconstant body temperature",
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    }
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    {
      "word": "poikilothermal"
    },
    {
      "word": "poikilothermia"
    },
    {
      "word": "poikilothermic"
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      "word": "poikilothermism"
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        "A cold-blooded animal"
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}

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