Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An organism, such as a mammal or bird, having a body temperature that is constant and largely independent of the temperature of its surroundings; an endotherm.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An animal with a bodily temperature which is nearly constant and independent of, and usually higher than, that of the surrounding medium; a warm-blooded animal.
Wiktionary
- n. A creature that maintains a stable internal body temperature regardless of external influence.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Biol.) A homoiothermal animal.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek homoios, "similar", and thermē, "heat". (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Man is a "homeotherm" -- that is, our bodies try to maintain a constant body temperature irrespective of the temperature of their surroundings.”
“To maintain a constant body temperature, a homeotherm must balance heat loss with heat production.”
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