Explore Poikilotherm through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like animal or beast. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Poikilotherm in a sentence
Poikilotherm meaning
Cold-blooded.
Using Poikilotherm
- The main meaning on this page is: Cold-blooded.
- Useful related words include: ectotherm, animal, animate being, beast.
Context around Poikilotherm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Poikilotherm
- In this selection, "poikilotherm" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, endothermic and animals stand out and add context to how "poikilotherm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an endothermic poikilotherm because its and and other poikilotherm animals leads. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "poikilotherm" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with poikilotherm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Therefore, the great white shark can be considered an endothermic poikilotherm because its body temperature is not constant but is internally regulated. (22 words)
The lower proline and hydroxproline contents of cold-water fish and other poikilotherm animals leads to their collagen having a lower thermal stability than mammalian collagen. (26 words)
The lower proline and hydroxproline contents of cold-water fish and other poikilotherm animals leads to their collagen having a lower thermal stability than mammalian collagen. (26 words)
Therefore, the great white shark can be considered an endothermic poikilotherm because its body temperature is not constant but is internally regulated. (22 words)
Example sentences (2)
The lower proline and hydroxproline contents of cold-water fish and other poikilotherm animals leads to their collagen having a lower thermal stability than mammalian collagen.
Therefore, the great white shark can be considered an endothermic poikilotherm because its body temperature is not constant but is internally regulated.