BACK TO cold-blooded
warm-blooded vs. cold-blooded
[ wawrm-bluhd-id ]
adjective
- designating or pertaining to animals, as mammals and birds, whose blood ranges in temperatures from about 98° to 112°F (37° to 44°C) and remains relatively constant, irrespective of the temperature of the surrounding medium; homoiothermal.
- ardent, impetuous, or passionate: young and warm-blooded valor.
[ kohld-bluhd-id ]
adjective
- designating or pertaining to animals, as fishes and reptiles, whose blood temperature ranges from the freezing point upward, in accordance with the temperature of the surrounding medium; poikilothermic.
- without emotion or feeling; dispassionate; cruel: a cold-blooded murder.
- sensitive to cold.