adj.[动]变温的；冷血的；冷血动物的
Cockroaches are also poikilothermic, or cold-blooded. 蟑螂是一种变温动物，也就是俗称的冷血动物。
True fishes, those poikilothermic vertebrates breathing by gills throughout life and having limbes, if any, in the form of fins. 用来指出内文的真骨的鱼，鱼广义被应用于水生的动物例如鲸，甲壳动物与软体动物。
Amphibians and reptiles are poikilothermic and quite sensitive to the change of ambient temperature.They adapt to environmental temperature by means of self-thermoregulation. 两栖类和爬行类属于变温脊椎动物，它对外界环境温度的变化非常敏感，借助自身体温调节以适应或抵抗这种变化。
ectotherm An organism with a body temperture determined by the environment; poikilotherm; cold-blooded. 外温动物体温随著外界环境温度而变化的物种的。
