English

Noun

poikilothermy ‎(uncountable)

1. (biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature of the environment; cold-bloodedness.

Synonyms

• cold-bloodedness
• poikilothermism

Hypernyms

• bloodedness

Coordinate terms

• homeothermy
• homoiothermy
• warm-bloodedness

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See also

• bradymetabolism
• daily torpor
• Djungarian hamster (also Siberian hamster, Russian winter white dwarf hamster), Phodopus sungorus
• metabolism
• naked mole rat (also sand puppy or desert mole rat), Heterocephalus glaber
• tachymetabolism
• warm-blooded