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(biology) 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..
Use ectotherm when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ectotherm means (biology) 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..
Common synonyms include poikilotherm.
Possible antonyms include endotherm, homeotherm, homoeotherm, homoiotherm.
Use ectotherm where its definition matches the intended context.
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