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Ectotherm

nounid 50056·updated May 18, 2026
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an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
poikilotherm
plural
Ectotherms
possessive
Ectotherm's
pluralpossessive
Ectotherms'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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