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Ectotherm vs Eurytherm - What's the difference?

ectotherm | eurytherm |

In biology|lang=en terms the difference between ectotherm and eurytherm

is that ectotherm is (biology) a cold-blooded animal which regulates its body temperature by exchanging heat with its surroundings while eurytherm is (biology) an organism, often specifically an ectotherm, that can function at a wide range of temperatures.

As nouns the difference between ectotherm and eurytherm

is that ectotherm is (biology) a cold-blooded animal which regulates its body temperature by exchanging heat with its surroundings while eurytherm is (biology) an organism, often specifically an ectotherm, that can function at a wide range of temperatures.

ectotherm

English

Noun

(wikipedia ectotherm) (en noun)
  • (biology) a cold-blooded animal which regulates its body temperature by exchanging heat with its surroundings

    • Related terms

    * endotherm

    eurytherm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) An organism, often specifically an ectotherm, that can function at a wide range of temperatures
  • *{{quote-book, 1997, G.N. Somero & G.E. Hoffman, chapter=Temperature thresholds for protein adaptation, Global Warming, editors=Wood & McDonald citation
    • , passage=These and other differences between stenotherms and eurytherms suggest that the effects of global warming will not be uniform among ectothermic species.}}

    Antonyms

    *stenotherm

    Derived terms

    *eurythermy *eurythermic *eurythermicity

    See also

    *(wikipedia "eurytherm")