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Webster 1913 Edition
Warm-blooded
Warm′-bloodˊed
,Adj.
(Physiol.)
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
. Definition 2024
warm-blooded
warm-blooded
See also: warmblooded
English
Adjective
warm-blooded (comparative more warm-blooded, superlative most warm-blooded)
- (zoology) maintaining a relatively constant and warm body temperature, regardless of the ambient temperature
- (idiomatic) passionate
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Antonyms
Translations
maintaining constant body temperature — see endothermic
passionate
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