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

See also: cold-blooded

Encyclopedia: Heterothermic

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heteroskedastic
Heterosomata
heterosporous
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Heterostraci
heterotaxy
Heterotheca
Heterotheca villosa
heterothermic
Heterotrichales
heterotroph
heterotrophic
heterozygosity
heterozygote
heterozygous
heth
hetman
Heuchera
Heuchera americana