noun
an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature
• Syn: ↑homeotherm, ↑homoiotherm
• Derivationally related forms: ↑homothermic, ↑homoiothermic (for: ↑homoiotherm), ↑homeothermic (for: ↑homeotherm)
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌthərm\ noun (-s)Etymology: hom- + -therm
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/hoh"meuh therrm', hom"euh-/, n.
homoiotherm.
[1930-35]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.