Poikilothermy is a related term of ectothermic.
As an adjective ectothermic
is of, or relating to an ectotherm; cold-blooded.
As a noun poikilothermy is
the quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature of the environment; cold-bloodedness.
ectothermic
English
Adjective
(head)
of, or relating to an ectotherm; cold-blooded
poikilothermy
Noun
(-)
(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
* ectotherm
* ectothermic
* ectothermy
* endotherm
* endothermic
* endothermy
* heterotherm
* heterothermia
* heterothermic
* heterothermy
* homeotherm
* homoiotherm
* homoiothermous
* homotherm
* poikilotherm
* poikilothermal
* poikilothermic
* poikilothermous
* thermal homeostasis
* thermoconformer
* thermoregulation
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
