Poikilothermous

2 definitions found

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

  Poikilothermous \Poi`ki*lo*ther"mous\ (-m[u^]s), a. (Physiol.)
     Poikilothermal.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  poikilothermous
       adj : of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature
             that varies with the environment [syn: {poikilothermic},
              {heterothermic}, {ectothermic}]