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WARM-BLOODED

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• WARM-BLOODED (adjective)
The adjective WARM-BLOODED has 1 sense:

1. having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated)

Familiarity information: WARM-BLOODED used as an adjective is very rare.

• WARM-BLOODED (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated)

Similar:

homeothermic; homoiothermic; homothermic (of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature)

Domain category:

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Antonym:

cold-blooded (having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated))

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