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Preferred term

Created: 2025-03-05T13:52:13

ectotherms  

Definition

  • Information Ectotherms are animals that have little internal control of their body temperature and generally are at or close to the ambient environmental temperature.

    Created: 3/5/25

    (en)
  • Information Les organismes ectothermes sont des organismes ne produisant pas ou peu de chaleur. C'est le cas notamment des insectes, des reptiles et des poissons.

    Created: 3/19/25

    (fr)
  • Information Vücut ısısının dışarıya göre düzenlendiği balık, amfibyum, sürüngen gibi soğukkanlı hayvanlar için eskiden kullanılan bir terim. (tr)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Information

    Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    Last modified: 2022-06-14T15:29:53

    cold-blooded animals (en)

Scope note

  • In ectotherms, body temperature comes from the heat provided by the external environment. The opposite is "endotherms". Poikilothermic animals may be ectotherms, and vice versa, but the terms are not synonymous. (en)

In other languages

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    Created: 2025-03-05T14:03:56

    خارجية الحرارة

    Arabic

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    Created: 2025-03-25T14:09:43

    Ectoterms

    Catalan

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    Created: 2025-03-25T14:10:17

    Animals de sang freda
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    Created: 2025-03-05T14:03:56

    外溫動物

    Chinese

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    Created: 2022-06-20T09:01:14

    ektotermní živočichové

    Czech

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    Created: 2025-03-05T14:07:35

    ectothermer

    Danish

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    Created: 2025-03-05T14:03:55

    ectotherme

    French

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    Created: 2025-04-26T15:59:19

    ექტოთერმი

    Georgian

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    Created: 2025-03-05T14:12:22

    ektoterme dyr

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Created: 2025-03-05T15:05:35

    ectotermo

    Portuguese

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    Created: 2025-03-05T14:03:56

    эктотермы

    Russian

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    Created: 2022-05-13T11:34:15

    холоднокровные животные
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    Created: 2025-03-05T14:03:56

    Ectotermo

    Spanish

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    Created: 2025-04-28T11:44:37

    ektotherm

    Swahili

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    Created: 2025-03-25T14:05:12

    ectotherm
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    Created: 2024-11-24T21:05:23

    wanyama wenye damu baridi
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    Created: 2025-03-27T13:26:18

    ektoterm

    Turkish

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    Created: 2025-03-27T13:26:59

    soğuk kanlı hayvanlar
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    Created: 2025-03-25T14:06:27

    ектотерми

    Ukrainian

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    Created: 2023-08-20T17:14:18

    холоднокровні тварини

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