Ectotherm

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An organism that regulates its body temperature largely by exchanging heat with its surroundings; a poikilotherm.
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  • n. a cold-blooded animal which regulates its body temperature by exchanging heat with its surroundings
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beast    brute    fauna    creature    animate being   
     
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