ectotherm

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A cold-blooded animal: one, such as an amphibian, fish, reptile, or arthropod, which has a limited ability to regulate its body temperature and whose body temperature thus depends on the ambient temperature.

Similar words

poikilotherm thermoregulator xerotherm hematherm reptile gigantotherm herptile theromorph typotherian animal

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Word family

ectothermic ectotherms