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 • 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

And they know death when they see it, take it from me, because they’re as sensitive to loss of motion, or breathing, or animal heat, as us humans–more so.

From Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance by Horton, Marcus

But there is left in the body a moment after its departure everything which we know to be material—the animal heat, the animal magnetism, the animal vitality.

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans