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Ectotherm vs Stenotherm - What's the difference?

ectotherm | stenotherm |

In biology terms the difference between ectotherm and stenotherm

is that ectotherm is a cold-blooded animal which regulates its body temperature by exchanging heat with its surroundings while stenotherm is an organism, often specifically an ectotherm, that functions only within a narrow temperature range.

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

    stenotherm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) An organism, often specifically an ectotherm, that functions only within a narrow temperature range

    • Antonyms

    * eurytherm

    Related terms

    * stenothermic * stenothermy * stenothermicity

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