animate being vs poikilotherm

poikilotherm vs animate being

animate being and poikilotherm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animate being	Yes	No	No	No
poikilotherm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, poikilotherm is a hyponym of animate being; that is, poikilotherm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than animate being:

animate being: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
poikilotherm: an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals

Other hyponyms of animate being include pest, critter, creepy-crawly, darter, peeper, homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm, ectotherm, range animal, varment, varmint, scavenger, work animal, domestic animal, domesticated animal, feeder, migrator, molter, moulter, pet, stayer, stunt, marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature, female, male, adult, offspring, young, pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred, giant, survivor, mutant, herbivore, insectivore, acrodont, pleurodont, zooplankton, conceptus, embryo, fertilized egg, chordate, invertebrate, metazoan, omnivore, predator, predatory animal, prey, quarry, game, hexapod, biped, larva, racer, fictional animal, captive, mate, albino, spirit animal.

animate being (noun)	poikilotherm (noun)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement	an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals

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