endotherm

endotherm读音音标

英 [\'endəθɜ:m]

美 [ˈɛndəˌθɚm]

endotherm意思解释

n.

温血动物，恒温动物；

英英释义

An endotherm (Greek: endon = \"within\", thermē = \"heat\") is an organism that maintains its body at a metabolically favourable temperature, largely by the use of heat set free by its internal bodily functions instead of relying almost purely on ambient heat. Such internally generated heat is mainly an incidental product of the animal\'s routine metabolism, but under conditions of excessive cold or low activity an endotherm might apply special mechanisms adapted specifically to heat production.