Meaning

1 senses

  1. A cold-blooded animal.

More definitions
  • an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals

Origin

From poikilo- + -therm.

From poikilo- + -therm.

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Forms

plural: poikilotherms
Singularpoikilotherm
Pluralpoikilotherms

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
ectotherm
Close in meaning
  • an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals:ectotherm

Antonyms

5 antonyms
endothermhomeothermhomoeothermhomoiothermhomotherm

Word family

6 related words
Relatedpoikilothermalpoikilothermiapoikilothermicpoikilothermismpoikilothermypoikilothermous

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
poetryB1pogrompoignantpointA1pointer
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