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warm-blooded

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warm-blooded
(of birds and mammals) having a constant body temperature, usually higher than the temperature of the surroundings
warm-blooded [′wȯrm ¦bləd·əd]
(physiology)
homoiothermal


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It was this last habit that gave me the opportunity I craved to capture one of these herbivorous cetaceans--that is what Perry calls them--and make as good a meal as one can on raw, warm-blooded fish; but I had become rather used, by this time, to the eating of food in its natural state, though I still balked on the eyes and entrails, much to the amusement of Ghak, to whom I always passed these delicacies.
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The guanaco is nearly the only warm-blooded quadruped, and it is found in quite inconsiderable numbers compared with the multitude of flies.
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