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animal heat

American  
[an-uh-muhl heet] / ˈæn ə məl ˌhit /

noun

Physiology.
  1. another term for body heat.


Etymology

Origin of animal heat

First recorded in 1770–80


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"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 ● Mar. 21, 2024

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 ● Feb. 6, 2016

The laconic, seemingly impersonal surfaces of Pritchett's stories give off a surprising amount of animal heat.

From Time Magazine Archive

The burning of rubbish by oxygen throughout our frames is the fire by which our animal heat, is kept up.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by

The most decided species of fever to which fowls are subject occurs at the period of hatching, when the animal heat is often so increased as to be perceptible to the touch.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings

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