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thermoconform en · VERB

Etymology

From thermo- + conform.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To adopt the surrounding temperature
   • First, a reptile that thermoconforms while active (slope = 1) may still achieve a low variance in body temperature by restricting its activity to times and habitats with suitable microenvironments. 1982, Carl Gans, F. Harvey Pough, Biology of the reptilia, volume 12:
   • They must either thermoconform to their environment, if their environmental temperature is relatively constant or if they can tolerate fluctuations in T_b, or use behavioral regulatory mechanisms to maintain a T_b that is somewhat independent of environmental temperature. 2014, Encyclopedia of Ecology, →OCLC, page 189:

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thermoconformity