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warm-blooded |
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warm-blooded adj 1. ardent, impetuous, or passionate 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of birds and mammals) having a constant body temperature, usually higher than the temperature of the surroundings Technical name homoiothermic warm-bloodedness n
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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. 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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