Definitions
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- adjective biology, of an animal Capable of maintaining a relatively
constant bodytemperature independent of the surrounding environment.
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- adjective of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature
Etymologies
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Examples
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Moreover, they are truly homeothermic, requiring maintenance of a constant internal body temperature that is considerably above environmental temperature.
Climate change and reindeer nomadism in Finnmark, Norway 2010
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While hibernation during the winter is found in a few arctic mammals such as the Arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii), most homeothermic animals are active throughout the year.
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Reptiles are poikilothermic, which means that they can not regulate heat internally (as opposed to birds and mammals which are homeothermic).
Reptile 2008
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One then makes an empirical calibration of running speed with temperature using some human runners, and goes on to construct a global temperature proxy by timing groups of wild-type human runners without knowing their nutritional status, their health profile, their homeothermic capacity or ability to sweat, their susceptibility to heat stroke, or the twitch rate of their muscles.
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A large one, homeothermic, to judge from the infrared, holding still a short ways off.
The Queen of Air and Darkness Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1973
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Theirs was a high homeothermic metabolism, with corresponding energy demands.
A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969
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He's homeothermic; his females give live birth and nurse their young.
Ensign Flandry Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1966
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Being homeothermic, and living on a planet whose slight axial tilt makes for less temperature variation than on Earth, Jovians rarely had any practical need to dress.
Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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Being homeothermic, and living on a planet whose slight axial tilt makes for less temperature variation than on Earth, Jovians rarely had any practical need to dress.
Three Worlds To Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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At about the same time, they become homeostatic and homeothermic, as mammals are.
A Case Of Conscience Blish, James 1953
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