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(a.) Maintaining a uniform temperature; haematothermal; homothermic; - applied to warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Homoiothermal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/homoiothermal.html. 1828.
 
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