Definition of Homoiotherm

1. Noun. An animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature.

Exact synonyms: Homeotherm, Homotherm
Generic synonyms: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Derivative terms: Homeothermic, Homoiothermic, Homothermic

Definition of Homoiotherm

1. Noun. (biology) Any warm-blooded animal ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Homoiotherm

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Homoiotherm

homohexameric
homohexamers
homoi-
homoiconic
homoiconicity
homoimerous
homoio-
homoiohydric
homoiophone
homoiophones
homoiophony
homoioplasia
homoioptota
homoioptoton
homoiosis
homoiotherm (current term)
homoiothermal
homoiothermic
homoiotherms
homoiousian
homoiousians
homojunction
homokaryon
homokaryotic
homokeratoplasty
homokinetic
homolactic
homolactic fermentation
homolateral
homolaterally

Literary usage of Homoiotherm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lehrbuch der Zoologie: Nach morphogenetischen Gesichtspunkten by Albert Fleischmann (1898)
"Bursa Fabricii. Herz vollkommen geteilt. Rechter Aortenbogen. homoiotherm. Hirn mächtig. Augen gross. ..."

2. Biographisches Jahrbuch und deutscher Nekrolog unter ständiger Mitwirkung by Anton Bettelheim, Georg Wolff (1904)
"... großen Werke »Handbuch der Pathologie und Therapie des Fiebers«, Leipzig, FCW Vogel, 1875. Der Mensch wahrt ebenso wie jeder andere homoiotherm seine ..."

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