Definition of homoiothermal
English to English adjective - Maintaining a uniform temperature; hæmatothermal; 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.
source: Webster 1913
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