cold-blooded

cold-blooded

cold-blood·ed • adj. 1. (of a kind of animal) having a body temperature varying with that of the environment; poikilothermic. 2. without emotion or pity; deliberately cruel or callous: a cold-blooded murder. DERIVATIVES: cold-blood·ed·ly adv. cold-blood·ed·ness n.

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cold-blooded

cold-blooded See poikilothermic

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cold-blooded

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