poikilothermic love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as pœcilothermic.

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  • adjective of an animal Having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature.

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  • adjective of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment

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Examples

  • A few of these biosigns were, like those of all Gorn castes, endothermic or poikilothermic—dependent upon external factors for the regulation of body temperature.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • A few of these biosigns were, like those of all Gorn castes, endothermic or poikilothermic—dependent upon external factors for the regulation of body temperature.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • A few of these biosigns were, like those of all Gorn castes, endothermic or poikilothermic—dependent upon external factors for the regulation of body temperature.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • Hogben & Kirk were trying to demonstrate that the body temperatures of animals like slugs and earthworms whose external surfaces are always wet are not necessarily in equilibrium with the temperature of their surroundings, despite the fact that they are poikilothermic or cold-blooded.

    How to take a slug's temperature and what you can learn from it AYDIN 2009

  • Reptiles are poikilothermic, which means that they can not regulate heat internally (as opposed to birds and mammals which are homeothermic).

    Reptile 2008

  • Predominantly this is because they concluded that – in view of its elongate shape and occurrence in cold waters – Caddy must be poikilothermic.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Predominantly this is because they concluded that – in view of its elongate shape and occurrence in cold waters – Caddy must be poikilothermic.

    Cadborosaurus Darren Naish 2006

  • The political animal, the political observer and the political electorate are, like amphibians, poikilothermic - their own temperatures adjust to that of their environment, so that if a change is gradual enough, they won't even notice it.

    Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • Amphibians are poikilothermic: their body temperatures adapt automatically to changes in their environment, with - out their noticing.

    Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • Amphibians are poikilothermic: their body temperatures adapt automatically to changes in their environment, without their noticing.

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

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  • A sort of cold-blooded creature whose internal temperature varies. From Greek "poikilos" or "many-coloured".

    March 21, 2009