Associations to the word «Ectotherm»

Wiktionary

ECTOTHERM, noun. (biology) a cold-blooded animal which regulates its body temperature by exchanging heat with its surroundings

Dictionary definition

ECTOTHERM, noun. An animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin