warm-blooded
adjective
warm-blood·ed
ˈwȯrm-ˈblə-dəd 
1
: having warm blood
specifically
: having a relatively high and constant internally regulated body temperature relatively independent of the surroundings
2
: fervent or ardent in spirit
warm-bloodedness
noun
Examples of warm-blooded in a Sentence
a warm-blooded defense of everyone's right to free speech
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The worms have a life cycle that involves living inside three hosts: first, the trumpet snail; then, a fish; and finally a warm-blooded vertebrate like birds or humans that are unlucky enough to eat the infected fish.
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Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
The flatworms first infect the snail, then a fish, and finally a warm-blooded vertebrate, like a bird or a human, that consumes the infected fish.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
In addition to eggs, tissue cysts present in the meat of warm-blooded animals can spread toxoplasmosis as well if they are not destroyed by cooking to proper temperature.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
Recent research found that the animal was more warm-blooded than other sharks, for example, and there is an ongoing debate about its size and shape.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
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Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
The flatworms first infect the snail, then a fish, and finally a warm-blooded vertebrate, like a bird or a human, that consumes the infected fish.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
In addition to eggs, tissue cysts present in the meat of warm-blooded animals can spread toxoplasmosis as well if they are not destroyed by cooking to proper temperature.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
Recent research found that the animal was more warm-blooded than other sharks, for example, and there is an ongoing debate about its size and shape.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for warm-blooded
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“Warm-blooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warm-blooded. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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warm-blooded
adjective
warm-blood·ed
ˈwȯrm-ˈbləd-əd
: having warm blood
specifically
: having a relatively high and constant body temperature relatively independent of the surroundings
warm-bloodedness
noun
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