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Homeothermic
adj
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Adjective
- 1 Related to or being a homeotherm, an animal capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature wordnet
Etymology
By surface analysis, homeo- + -thermic, from the Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind, similar”) in conjunction with θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”), or, by surface analysis, homeotherm + -ic.
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