单词 | stenothermal |
释义 | > as lemmasstenothermal stenothermal adj. Brit. /ˌstɛnə(ʊ)ˈθəːml/ , U.S. /ˌstɛnəˈθərm(ə)l/ [thermal n.] Zoology (of an animal) capable of living in only a small range of temperature [ < German stenotherm (K. Möbius 1871, in Jahresber. d. Commission z. wissensch. Untersuchung d. deutschen Meere in Kiel (1873) I. 139)] .ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > internal organs and systems > [adjective] > relating to thermogenesis > warm-blooded homoeothermal1870 homothermous1881 stenothermal1881 homoeothermic1889 homothermic1890 endothermic1946 tachymetabolic1974 1881 K. Semper Animal Life 105 We shall..do well..to designate animals, according to Möbius, the former as eurythermal, the latter as stenothermal. 1937 Brit. Birds 30 247 It should be borne in mind that whereas the adult bird is stenothermal (warm-blooded), in the young the thermotaxic arrangements are undeveloped. 1973 P. A. Colinvaux Introd. Ecol. xx. 279 Between about 55°C and 40°C the algal mats are largely made up of filamentous blue-green algae, but these plants are rather stenothermal and will not actively grow at temperatures below 40°C. < as lemmas |
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