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poikilothermic

adjective

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about poikilothermic at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment.

Origin

From poikilo- + -thermic.

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