eurytherm
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eurytherm (plural eurytherms)
- (biology) An organism, often specifically an ectotherm, that can function at a wide range of temperatures.
- 1997, G.N. Somero, G.E. Hoffman, “Temperature thresholds for protein adaptation”, in Wood & McDonald, editors, Global Warming, →ISBN, page 20:
- These and other differences between stenotherms and eurytherms suggest that the effects of global warming will not be uniform among ectothermic species.
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eurytherm (strong nominative masculine singular eurythermer, comparative eurythermer, superlative am eurythermsten)
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