‖Hem′a‐to‐ther″ma (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. αἱ̑μα, αἵματοσ, blood + θερμόσ warm.] (Zoöl.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; — the antithesis to hematocrya.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.