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Definition of "warm-blooded" []

  • Zoology Maintaining a relatively constant and warm body temperature independent of environmental temperature; homeothermic. (adjective)
  • Ardent; passionate. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "warm-blooded" in a sentence
  • "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_."
  • "Better they give their lives for the glory of our race than ever bow and call warm-blooded vermin ‘master.’"
  • "Everything we learned in school was wrong -- now maybe dinosaurs were warm-blooded."