poikilotherm

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von poikilotherm im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

Balıklar soğukkanlı hayvanlardır. - Fish are cold-blooded animals.

Başbakan Koizumi kesinlikle soğukkanlı bir insan değildir. - Prime Minister Koizumi is certainly not a cold-blooded man.

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von poikilotherm im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A cold-blooded animal; cold-blooded; organism whose internal body temperature varies with and remains closed to environmental temperatures; poikilotherms were once called "cold-blodded"; = as the environmental temperature varies a poikilotherm's temperature varies with it This is not quite the same as cold blooded, because an animal may use behavior to change it's temperature Contrast with: homeotherm; A cold-blooded person or animal; an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals; An animal whose body temperature varies with the surrounding environment (e g amphibians and fish); {i} (Zoology) ectotherm, cold-blooded organism, organism that has a variable body temperature which is regulated by the environment (such as reptiles and frogs); An animal whose body temperature varies according to the temperature of its surroundings
poikilotherms: plural of poikilotherm