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ectotherm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ec-totherm
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cold-blooded animal: one, such as an amphibian, fish, reptile, or arthropod, which has a limited ability to regulate its body temperature and whose body temperature thus depends on the ambient temperature.

Etymology

From ecto- + -therm.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ectotherms (plural)

Derived Forms

ectothermal ectothermic

Synonyms

poikilotherm

Antonyms

endotherm homeotherm homoeotherm homoiotherm homotherm

Questions

What does ectotherm mean?
A cold-blooded animal: one, such as an amphibian, fish, reptile, or arthropod, which has a limited ability to regulate its body temperature and whose body temperature thus depends on the ambient temperature.
Where does ectotherm come from?
From ecto- + -therm.

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