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What is ectothermy?

What is ectothermy? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (biology) The condition of being ectothermic or cold-blooded; the maintenance of body temperature using external heat
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Endothermy did evolve from ectothermy, and birds did evolve from dinosaurs, which we know came from ectothermic ancestors sometime in the distant past.
Cold-bloodedness, also called Poikilothermy, Ectothermy, or Heterothermy, the state of having a variable body temperature that is usually only slightly higher than the environmental temperature.

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