| hematotherma | <zoology> The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; the antithesis to haematocrya. Origin: NL, from Gr. A"i^ma, a"imatos, blood + thermos warm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hematothermal | <physiology> Having warm blood; applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |