poikilothermy
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poikilothermy (uncountable)
- (biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature of the environment; cold-bloodedness.
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- 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
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