poikilothermy

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

Related terms

Terms related to poikilothermy

• ectotherm
• ectothermic
• ectothermy
• endotherm
• endothermic
• endothermy
• heterotherm
• heterothermia
• heterothermic
• heterothermy
• homeotherm
• homoiotherm
• homoiothermous
• homotherm
• poikilotherm
• poikilothermal
• poikilothermic
• poikilothermous
• thermal homeostasis
• thermoconformer
• thermoregulation

Translations

the quality of having a variable body temperature depending on the environment

• German: Poikilothermie (de) f, Kaltblütigkeit (de) f
• Volapük: cenavam

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