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warm-blooded
[ wawrm-bluhd-id ]
adjective
- ardent, impetuous, or passionate:
young and warm-blooded valor.
warm-blooded
adjective
- ardent, impetuous, or passionate
- (of birds and mammals) having a constant body temperature, usually higher than the temperature of the surroundings Technical namehomoiothermic
warm-blooded
/ ô′ŭ′ĭ /
- Having a relatively warm body temperature that stays about the same regardless of changes in the temperature of the surroundings. Birds and mammals are warm-blooded.
Derived Forms
- ˌɲ-ˈǴǻԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɲ-ǴǻĻ·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of warm-blooded1
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Example Sentences
“We’re still going to see this as a gigantic shark that was eating whales, partially warm-blooded, and able to migrate,” Cooper said.
Sounds like the makings of a joke, but when the waters start to rise, this simple, wordless tale deepens into a warm-blooded epic about teamwork and survival.
New York Times: "An ace guitarist with a keen ear for jangly tones, he lends even his most pathetic characters a bit of warm-blooded humanity."
She added that more research is needed on how rising temperatures impact warm-blooded animals, including humans.
Now, a new study estimates that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed the Earth about 180 million years ago, about halfway through the creatures’ time on the planet.
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