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adjective
- 1. denoting animals whose body temperature varies with that of the environment (e.g. fish); poikilothermic.
- 2. without emotion or pity; deliberately cruel or callous: "a cold-blooded murder"
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Cold-blooded animals can be defined as animals that cannot regulate their internal body temperature with the change in the environment. They cannot survive in extreme temperature conditions.
COLD-BLOODED definition: 1. Cold-blooded animals can only control their body heat by taking in heat from the outside or by…. Learn more.
1. a. : done or acting without consideration, compunction, or clemency. cold-blooded murder. b. : matter-of-fact, emotionless. a cold-blooded assessment. 2. : having cold blood. specifically : having a body temperature not internally regulated but approximating that of the environment. 3. or coldblood. ˈkōl (d)-ˈbləd.
COLD-BLOODED meaning: 1. Cold-blooded animals can only control their body heat by taking in heat from the outside or by…. Learn more.
A cold-blooded animal has a body temperature that varies along with the outdoor temperature, and a cold-blooded person is someone who seems to feel no emotions. Your pet lizard may love you, but she's still cold-blooded.
designating or pertaining to animals, as fishes and reptiles, whose blood temperature ranges from the freezing point upward, in accordance with the temperature of the surrounding medium; poikilothermal.
Definition of cold-blooded adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water. most fish and reptiles are coldblooded animals. 2. easily affected by cold. 3. lacking kindness and pity; cruel.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective cold-blooded mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective cold-blooded. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
adj. 1. of or designating animals, as fishes and reptiles, whose blood temperature ranges from the freezing point upward, in accordance with the temperature of the surrounding medium. 2. done or acting without emotion or feeling: a cold-blooded killer. 3. sensitive to cold. [1585–95] cold′-blood′ed•ly, adv. cold′-blood′ed•ness, n.
