homeotherm
- noun
- /ˈhoʊmiˌoʊθɜrm/
- Specialized
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homeotermo
- As a homeotherm, a human's body temperature typically remains around 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, even in varying weather conditions.
Examples
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Although the use of model organisms is an effective approach to start with, as the discipline advances, looking beyond a small set of popular homeotherms such as birds and small mammals.
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How and why do homeotherms metabolize at a higher level (and therefore seem to use and exhaust relatively more resources) than do poikilotherms and unicellular organisms of similar size?
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The underlying cause of such effects is not immediately obvious because homeotherms maintain tightly regulated internal body temperatures independent of their external environment.
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So homeo, they're homeotherms and heterotherms, doesn't matter.
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For instance, homeotherms, poikilotherms, and unicellular organisms have different values in the equations that relate their metabolic rates to their body size.
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Broiler chickens are homeotherms, and their body system may allow certain variations in temperature range without considerable disturbance within their system (St-Pierre et al., 2003).
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Dogs and cats are homeotherms, which means they keep their body temperature stable regardless of the outside environment.
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Birds are classified as homeotherms since they can regulate their internal body temperature to stay cool or warm as needed.
Synonyms
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An animal that keeps its body warm by making heat inside its body
An animal that keeps its body temperature nearly the same, like birds and mammals
An animal that keeps its body at a steady temperature, like mammals or birds
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Homeotherm comes from Greek parts homeo- meaning 'same' and -therm meaning 'heat' or 'temperature', the same root as in thermometer. So a homeotherm is an animal that keeps its body temperature 'the same' even when the weather is hot or cold.