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Definition of Poikilothermous
1. Adjective. Of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment.
Similar to: Cold-blooded
Derivative terms: Poikilotherm, Poikilotherm
Definition of Poikilothermous
1. a. Poikilothermal.
Definition of Poikilothermous
1. Adjective. (alternative form of poikilothermal) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Poikilothermous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Poikilothermous
Literary usage of Poikilothermous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"The temperature of poikilothermous (cold-blooded) animals normally ranges from
a fraction of a degree to several degrees above that of the surrounding ..."
2. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"The temperature of poikilothermous (cold-blooded) animals normally ranges from
a fraction of a degree to several degrees above that of the surrounding ..."
3. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1902)
"They are poikilothermous (cold-blooded). 33. The reptiles, birds, and mammals
are called Amniota on account of the embryonal organs, the amnion and ..."
4. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1902)
"The REPTILIA are poikilothermous, have a strongly ossified skeleton, with unpaired
occipital condyle and usually an os transversum in the skull; ..."
5. Text-book of Physiological Chemistry in Thirty Lectures by Emil Abderhalden (1908)
"Up to the present time the effect of temperature has alone been studied to any
extent. In this respect the poikilothermous animals are very different from ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... to which they were somewhat distantly related, possessed a more or less scaly
or armored skin and were probably cold-blooded or poikilothermous, ..."
7. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"This group may be designated as the changeable-temperature animals (poikilothermous).
The warm-blooded animals maintain a constant high body temperature on ..."
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