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- noun Plural form of
endotherm .
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Examples
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Unlike other reptiles that are ectotherms (a term more accurate than cold-blooded), birds are endotherms, meaning they use their own metabolism to maintain a constant body temperature.
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For better or worse, it might be better to find a way to survive among the unclean endotherms than to die at the cold claws of his own people.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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For better or worse, it might be better to find a way to survive among the unclean endotherms than to die at the cold claws of his own people.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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For better or worse, it might be better to find a way to survive among the unclean endotherms than to die at the cold claws of his own people.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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However, because these endotherms lack a layer of insulation and do not have a thermostat that regulates either heat production or heat dissipation, they are considered poikilotherms (Greek poikolos = changeable).
Endotherm 2008
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Most endotherms are homeotherms, but by definition, some large reptiles (crocodiles and some of their extinct relatives-dinosaurs), as well as some large fish (tuna) and night-flying moths, are considered endotherms, because of the metabolic activity of skeletal muscles that generate large amounts of heat.
Endotherm 2008
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Spielberg's endotherms only confirmed it for me: dinosaurs were amazing and I wanted to work with them.
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The difference will be exacerbated because birds, the most well-represented endotherms in the analysis, demonstrate constrained phenological plasticity due to photoperiodic induction of gonad maturation and migration, especially for long-distance migrants.
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Another reminder that neat social behaviour is far from restricted to those silly endotherms.
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• Recover heat from blood travelling to extremities using passive processes • Most endotherms cannot tolerate a rise in body temperature of more than 5°C or so.
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