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Definitions of poikilothermic in various dictionaries:
adj - of animals except birds and mammals
Of or relating to an organism having a body temperature that varies with the temperature of its surroundings; cold-blooded.
POIKILOTHERMIC - A poikilotherm () is an animal whose internal temperature varies considerably. It is the opposite of a homeotherm, an animal which maintains thermal...
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Having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature. |
of animals except birds and mammals having body temperature that varies with the environment |
Animals that are poikilothermic have body temperatures that changes with the temperature around them. |
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A poikilotherm () is an animal whose internal temperature varies considerably. It is the opposite of a homeotherm, an animal which maintains thermal homeostasis. While the term in principle can apply to all organisms, it is generally only applied to animals, and mostly to vertebrates. Usually the fluctuations are consequence of variation in the ambient environmental temperature. Many terrestrial ectotherms are poikilothermic. * However some ectotherms remain in temperature-constant environments to the point that they are actually able to maintain a constant internal temperature (i.e. are homeothermic). It is this distinction that often makes the term "poikilotherm" more useful than the vernacular "cold-blooded", which is sometimes used to refer to ectotherms more generally. * Poikilothermic animals include types of vertebrate animals, specifically fish, amphibians, and reptiles, as well as a large number of invertebrate animals. The naked mole-rat is the only mammal that is currently |