eurythermとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

eurytherm (複数形 eurytherms)

1. (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^[1], →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.

反意語

• stenotherm

派生語

• eurythermy
• eurythermic
• eurythermicity

Further reading

• eurytherm on Wikipedia.