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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

So, likewise, cold robs the system of animal heat; to supply which, more oxygen and more carbon must be employed in extra combustion, to restore the diminution of temperature.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

Well, now, I think you see that animal heat can be accounted for, in very great part at least, by the combustion of the body.

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

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