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Ectotherm vs Poikilotherm - What's the difference?

ectotherm | poikilotherm |

As nouns the difference between ectotherm and poikilotherm

is that ectotherm is a cold-blooded animal which regulates its body temperature by exchanging heat with its surroundings while poikilotherm is a cold-blooded animal.

As an adjective poikilotherm is

cold-blooded.

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

    poikilotherm

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • cold-blooded

    • Synonyms

    * poikilothermic

    Antonyms

    * homoiotherm / homeotherm / homeothermic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cold-blooded animal

    • Antonyms

    * homoeotherm

    Related terms

    * poikilothermal * poikilothermia * poikilothermic * poikilothermism * poikilothermous * poikilothermy