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Definition of Stenothermal
1. Adjective. (biology) Able to tolerate only a narrow range of temperatures ¹
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Definition of Stenothermal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stenothermal
Literary usage of Stenothermal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural Conditions of Existence as They Affect Animal Life by Carl Semper (1883)
"... ourselves of it as a means of classification, and to designate animals,
according to Mb'bius,32 the former as eurythermal, the latter as stenothermal. ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1919)
"... many of the southern forms migrated northward, though stenothermal species
were abundant enough to constitute persistent northern and southern faunas, ..."
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