animal heat

American  

[an-uh-muhl heet] / ˈæn ə məl ˌhit /

noun

Physiology.

1. another term for body heat.

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Etymology

Origin of animal heat

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

"This work is underpinned by multiple years of animal heat stress trials conducted at SARDI's Turretfield Research Centre in Rosedale and our Roseworthy campus."

From Science Daily

“If it be desirable to count the pulse and not trust to the judgment to estimate the number of beats per minute, it is far more desirable to ascertain the animal heat by means of a heat measurer.”

From Scientific American

Billy doesn’t so much as twitch when they pause on his tier, a fulmination of animal heat roaring at his side.

From The Guardian

Animal heat complications include exhaustion, burned paws, heat stroke and sometimes death.

From Washington Times

The chemical changes on which animal heat depends, and without which there can be no active vitality, cease with the cessation of respiration.

From Project Gutenberg