1. an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals; [syn: poikilotherm, ectotherm]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ectotherm
n 1: an animal whose body temperature varies with the
temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds
and mammals [syn: poikilotherm, ectotherm]