Mesotherm
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mesotherm is a noun meaning (botany) A plant that thrives in moderate temperatures.
Meaning
(botany) A plant that thrives in moderate temperatures.
More Meanings
- (zoology) An animal that adjusts its body to a metabolically favourable temperature using a context-dependent balance of internal metabolically-produced heat and external-environmentally derived heat.
Example Sentences
The large terrestrial and marine reptiles of the Mesozoic were likely mesotherms, which maintained high body temperatures by virtue of their large size and whose metabolism approached that of endotherms.
Word Forms
- mesotherms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mesothermophile, mesothermy, homeotherm, endotherm, homoeotherm, thigmotherm.
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