ectotherm

n. 冷血动物

词形变化

ectotherms 复数 ectotherms

别名

ecotherm

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cold-blooded animal: one, such as an amphibian, fish, reptile, or arthropod, which has a limited ability to regulate its body temperature and whose body temperature thus depends on the ambient temperature.

    生物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

poikilotherm

上位词 5

animal beast creature brute fauna

词源

From ecto- + -therm.

来源：wiktionary