Hematocrya

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hematocrya \Hem`a*toc"ry*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma,
     a"i`matos, blood + kry`os cold.] (Zool.)
     The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals
     and birds; -- the antithesis to {Hematotherma}.
     [1913 Webster]