Thermoconform

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To adopt the surrounding temperature intransitive

    "First, a reptile that thermoconforms while active (slope = 1) may still achieve a low variance in body temperature by restricting its activity to times and habitats with suitable microenvironments."

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"First, a reptile that thermoconforms while active (slope = 1) may still achieve a low variance in body temperature by restricting its activity to times and habitats with suitable microenvironments."

Etymology

From thermo- + conform.

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