Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Zoology Maintaining a relatively constant and warm body temperature independent of environmental temperature; homeothermic.
- adjective Ardent; passionate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having warm blood: hematothermal: in zoölogy and physiology noting mammals and birds whose blood ranges in temperature from 98° to 112° F., in consequence of the complete double blood-circulation, and the oxygenation or combustion which goes on in the lungs: opposed to cold-blooded or hematocryal.
- Figuratively, characterized by high temper and generous impulses; warm-hearted; also, passionate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol.) Having warm blood; -- applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See
homoiothermal .
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- adjective
maintaining arelatively constant andwarm body temperature , regardless of theambient temperature - adjective
passionate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thus, _All fish are cold-blooded_, ∴ _some cold-blooded things are fish: _ this is a sound inference by the mere manner of expression; and equally sound is the inference, _All fish are warm-blooded_, ∴ _some warm-blooded things are fish_.
Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889
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Better they give their lives for the glory of our race than ever bow and call warm-blooded vermin ‘master.’
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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Better they give their lives for the glory of our race than ever bow and call warm-blooded vermin ‘master.’
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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Better they give their lives for the glory of our race than ever bow and call warm-blooded vermin ‘master.’
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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So, like any other warm-blooded lustful man would do, I went to the Intertubeywebs and looked on IMDB. COM.
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The Archaeopteryx was warm-blooded, about the size of a dove.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Everything we learned in school was wrong -- now maybe dinosaurs were warm-blooded.
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From the start, for the audience, there is a question about focus and whether our eyes will be fixed on the puppets or stray to the puppeteers where the warm-blooded life is.
Or You Could Kiss Me – review Kate Kellaway 2010
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The most adroit panderer among leading Republican hopefuls has to be Mike Huckabee, who is apparently an actual, warm-blooded human.
Michael Sigman: Pander-monium Breaks Out Among 2012 GOP Hopefuls Michael Sigman 2011
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Fans of the warm-blooded guys don't need to worry though since there seems to be plenty of shirtless Jason (Ryan Kwanten) and Alcide (Joe Manganiello) coming up, too.
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