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Look up: poikilotherm

  1. Poikilotherm
    An organism whose body temperature is identical to that of the external environment
    Found on http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/glo

  2. poikilotherm
    animal that lacks an internal temperature regulating mechanism to offset external temperature changes Category: Botany and zoology
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Poikilotherm
    An organism whose body temperature is strongly correlated with that of its external environment.
    Found on http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/Towns

  4. poikilotherm
    Organism whose body temperature varies with environment, opposite of homeotherm. Though poikilothermic animals are often referred to as cold-blooded this is not necessarily true.
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  5. poikilotherm
    <biology, zoology> An organism, such as a fish or reptile, that is cold-blooded, i.e., one whose internal body temperature varies with that of the environment. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. poikilotherm
    ectotherm noun an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. poikilotherm
    (poi-kil´o-therm″) an animal that exhibits poikilothermy; a cold-blooded animal. ectotherm.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  8. poikilotherm
    poikilotherm An animal whose temperature varies with the temperature of the surrounding environment; such as, an invertebrate, fish, or amphibious animal. To a degree, behavioral responses help to maintain stability of body temperature and to counter the loss of body heat. Also called: allotherm, ectotherm, and heterotherm
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  9. poikilotherm
    A poikilothermic animal. Syn: cold-blooded animal, allotherm
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  10. poikilotherm
    An animal whose body temperature fluctuates with that of the environment. Related entry • ectotherm
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi


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