poikilothermic

1. Unlike most terrestrial animals, aquatic animal species used for human consumption are poikilothermic, meaning their body temperatures vary according to ambient temperatures.
   与大多数陆地动物不同，供人类消费的水生动物为冷血品种，也就是说它们的体温会根据环境温度而变化。
2. Poikilothermic hardening, natural desiccation and PEG desiccation treatments all improved seedling resistance to chill, and increased the activity of SOD and peroxidase ( POX). But new band of POX isoenzyme was not found.
   低变温、自然脱水和PEG脱水3种种子处理都提高了黄瓜幼苗的抗冷性，提高了叶片中SOD酶和过氧化物酶的活性，但没出现新的同工酶带。
3. Climate change will often lead to the fluctuation of insect populations, because insect is poikilothermic animals.
   昆虫是变温动物，气候变化是造成种群季节消长的基本原因之一。
4. Comparative Morphology of Pineal Complex of Four Poikilothermic Animals
   4种变温动物松果腺复合体的形态结构比较

adj

1. of animals except birds and mammals

   Synonym:    poikilothermousheterothermicectothermic