Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To regulate body temperature.
- intransitive verb To undergo thermoregulation.
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- verb To
regulate thebody temperature (bythermoregulation )
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Examples
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These sheepskin boots have an ergonomically crafted sole and are supposed to thermoregulate, keeping your feet at the right temperature during flights, working off the post flight bloat when you land.
Giving Good Gift: The Rules Tina Gaudoin 2010
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Oiling, or the fouling of feathers by oil, leads to death in seabirds because they lose the ability to thermoregulate, and they become too waterlogged to fly.
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They needed to be able to thermoregulate themselves.
Steve and Me Terri Irwin 2007
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Snakes and lizards form piles, presumably to thermoregulate their cold blooded bodies, and maybe they also derive some sensory pleasure from it above and beyond temperature.
Spiders Love 2 Snuggle Field Notes 2007
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Snakes and lizards form piles, presumably to thermoregulate their cold blooded bodies, and maybe they also derive some sensory pleasure from it above and beyond temperature.
Archive 2007-03-01 Field Notes 2007
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They needed to be able to thermoregulate themselves.
Steve and Me Terri Irwin 2007
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Furthermore, yellowfin are tropical and do not thermoregulate like the warm-blooded bigeye tuna and bluefin tuna.
ScienceBlog.com - Science Blog: Science news straight from the source BJS 2010
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Furthermore, yellowfin are tropical and do not thermoregulate like the warm-blooded bigeye tuna and bluefin tuna.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Furthermore, yellowfin are tropical and do not thermoregulate like the warm-blooded bigeye tuna and bluefin tuna.
ScienceBlog.com - Science Blog: Science news straight from the source BJS 2010
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Furthermore, yellowfin are tropical and do not thermoregulate like the warm-blooded bigeye tuna and bluefin tuna.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
mollusque commented on the word thermoregulate
tHErmoregulATe
April 23, 2008