heterothermy


heterothermy

 [het´er-o-ther″me] the exhibition of widely different body temperatures at different times or under different conditions, as in species that hibernate. adj., adj heterother´mic.

heterothermy

(hĕt′ĕr-ō-thĕr″mē) [″ + therme, heat] Condition in which an animal's temperature varies considerably in different situations but is not poikilothermic.