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eurytherms

eurytherms is the plural of eurytherm.

Meaning of eurytherm

Noun

eurytherm (plural eurytherms)

  1. An organism, often specifically an ectotherm, that can function at a wide range of temperatures.
    • These and other differences between stenotherms and eurytherms suggest that the effects of global warming will not be uniform among ectothermic species.1997, G.N. Somero, G.E. Hoffman, “Temperature thresholds for protein adaptation”, in Wood & McDonald, editors, Global Warming, →ISBN, page 20

Questions about eurytherms

What is eurytherms the plural of?
Eurytherms is the plural of eurytherm.

Words near eurytherms in the dictionary

  1. eurythermal
  2. eurythermality
  3. eurythermia
  4. eurythermic
  5. eurythermous
  6. eurytherms
  7. eurythermy
  8. eurythmic
  9. eurythmical
  10. eurythmicity
  11. eurythmics

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