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homeotherm
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Homeotherm
An organism that regulates its body temperature despite changes in the external environmental temperature Found op http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/glossary.ghijk.html
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Homeotherm
Homeotherm: A homeotherm is a warm-blooded animal (such as homo sapiens). Another term for us warm-blooded creatures is endotherm. Those of us who are homeotherms or endotherms are as opposed to a poikilotherm (an organism such as a frog that is cold-blooded) and a stenotherm (a creature that can on... Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=9614
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Homeotherm
An organism which maintains an approximately constant body temperature, usually above that of the surrounding medium. Found op http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/Townsend/Glossary/GlossaryH.html
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homeotherm
<biology, zoology> An organism that maintains a constant internal body temperature. ... (09 Oct 1997) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?homeotherm
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homeotherm
homoiotherm noun an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=homeotherm
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homeotherm
(ho´me-o-thәrm″) an animal that exhibits homeothermy; a warm-blooded animal. endotherm. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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homeotherm
homeotherm, homeothermal, homeothermic 1. Any of the animals, including mammals and birds, that tend to maintain a constant body temperature. 2. Maintaining an almost constant body temperature; warm-blooded; homothermous, etc. 3. An organism, such as a mammal or bird, having a body temperature that... Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/4265/7
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Homeotherm
Homeothermy is thermoregulation that maintains a stable internal body temperature regardless of external influence. This temperature is often, though not necessarily, higher than the immediate environment (Greek: homoios = "similar", thermē = "heat"). The opposite is poikilothermy. ==Advantages of... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeotherm
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homeotherm
An organism, such as a mammal or bird, capable of maintaining its body temperature within a narrow range, usually above that of its surroundings despite large variations in environmental temperature. It may be maintained continually or for limited periods only. Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/H/homeotherm.html
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homeotherm
Type: Term Pronunciation: hō′mē-ō-therm Definitions: 1. Any animals, including mammals and birds, that tend to maintain a constant body temperature. Synonyms: hematherm, warm-blooded animal Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=41319
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