Ho‐moi′o‐ther″mal (?), a. [Gr. � like + E. thermal.] (Physiol.) 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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.