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Adjective: ectothermic
  1. Of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment
    "All crocodilians are ectothermic";
    - poikilothermic, poikilothermous, heterothermic

See also: cold-blooded

Encyclopedia: Ectothermic

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