Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.
Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.
Animals that are unable to retain heat produced by metabolic activities. Also known as ectothermic. The metabolism of cold-blooded animals is greatly influenced by climate and temperature.
animals having a body temperature that is controlled by the outside temperature. A cold-blooded animal in 100 degree heat will be 100 degrees inside its body. In 20 degree cold weather, the animal will have an inside temperature of 20 degrees.
said of organisms whose body temperature is the same as that of their surroundings.
An inaccurate term used on reptiles to describe their inablility to regulate their body temperature. This term applies a negative connatoation to reptiles.
designating any horse or breed of horse without Arabian or eastern blood in its breeding. In practice, since many so-called cold-blooded breeds have been improved by the use of Arab blood, the distinction is based mainly on physical type: broadly, all heavy draft horses and most european native ponies are classed as cold-blooded.
having a body temperature that is not internally regulated and that takes on the temperature of the environment.
Cold-blooded animals can't keep a constant body temperature without basking or cooling.
Animal with a body temperature that changes with the surroundings.
having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)
Horses with ancestors from the cold climates of Northwestern Europe
A vertebrate animal is cold-blooded if its temperature changes with the outside temperature.
having a body temperature that approximates that of the surrounding air, land or water. The reptilian thermostat, or lack thereof, which makes crocs seek desirable warm water and air temperature. They must have a warm environment the year round. Alligators are able to tolerate slightly colder waters.
animals which do not control their body temperature but which rely on the temperature of their surroundings
having a body temperature that is regulated by the environment
Animals with a body temperature that changes with the external environment.
having a body temperature that varies with that of the environment
Ectotherm. Means that your reptile regulates its body heat by its surroundings. It can not regulate its body heat themselves. An example of this would be a reptile laying under a heat lamp absorbing the heat.
animal whose body temperature is the same as, or nearly the same as the animal's surroundings
An animal that cannot control its own body temperature. The body of this animal will be the same as the outside temperature.