warm blooded
Self-regulating body temperature
Warm-blooded describes animals that maintain a constant internal body temperature regardless of their environment—mammals and birds, primarily.
The term contrasts with cold-blooded creatures like reptiles, whose temperature fluctuates with surroundings.
Figuratively, warm-blooded suggests passionate or emotionally responsive: a warm-blooded Latin temperament.
Also spelled warm-blooded.
- mammalWarm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- endothermicAbsorbing thermal energy
- body heatThermal energy from metabolism
- body temperatureInternal heat level
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
heart rate · metabolism · fur · feathers · pulse · alive · living thing · breathing · creature · animal · baby animal · bird · in the wild · heart · temperature · cozy · nurturing · maternal instinct
- pterosaurspterosaur, pterosaurs, pterodactyl, pterodactyls, pteranodon
- temperaturehot, cold, cool, freezing, boiling
- batsbat, bats, vampire bat, fruit bat, flying fox
- rodentsmouse, rat, guinea pig, squirrel, mice
warm bloodedcold blooded
Unfeeling or temperature-dependent
cold-blooded · cold · unfeeling · dispassionate · calculating
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