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- Word comparison: warm-blooded vs. cold-blooded
warm-blooded vs. cold-blooded
adjective
Also 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.
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.