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HOMEOTHERMIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature
Synonyms:
homeothermic; homoiothermic; homothermic
Classified under:
Similar:
warm-blooded (having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated))
Derivation:
homeotherm (an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature)
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