warm-blooded
/wɔːmˈblʌdɪd
/adjective
1Relating to or denoting animals (chiefly mammals and birds) which maintain a constant body temperature, typically above that of the surroundings, by metabolic means; homeothermic: some theories suggest that the dinosaurs were warm-blooded...
- If it fell in the known range of temperatures of a warm-blooded animal, the vinchuca might as well try for a meal.
- They are endotherms, or warm-blooded animals, generating their own body heat, and they can finely tune the thermal, water, and chemical balance of their bodies from minute to minute.
- Keeping a constant body temperature is the most serious challenge facing warm-blooded mammals in an aquatic environment.
Synonyms
technical homeothermic, homeothermal
2Ardent; passionate: the warm-blooded sailor who sets out to win a girl...
- This warm-blooded, passionate work was a challenge for unaccompanied singing and there were some beautiful moments, in particular the Pie Jesu.
- Her musicality shines forth in her lyricism and she made an enchanting peasant Giselle and an ethereal but warm-blooded spirit.
Synonyms
passionate, ardent, red-blooded, hot-blooded, fervid, impetuous, emotional, intense, lively, spirited, fiery, tempestuous, hot, sultry, torrid
Derivatives
warm-bloodedness
- Examples would be sophisticated vocalizations, vision, echolocation, viviparity, warm-bloodedness, sexual dimorphism, division of labor (even agriculture!
- By 1978, Archaeopteryx was said to support ‘two theories: warm-bloodedness in dinosaurs and dinosaurian ancestry of birds ’.
- While it is true that cold-bloodedness in extant animals today is associated with a three-chambered heart, it is by no means therefore certain that a four-chambered heart has to mean warm-bloodedness.