From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Animals, Biologywarm-bloodedˌwarm-ˈblooded adjectiveHBAanimals that are warm-blooded have a body temperature that remains fairly high whether the temperature around them is hot or coldOPP cold-bloodedExamples from the Corpuswarm-blooded• Highly intelligenthumans, of course, are warm-blooded.• It would seem that there are two types of warm-blooded animal.• A diverse family of warm-bloodedmammals whose grace and beauty are well-known and appreciated across all five continents.• When the results of these tests are finally known we may at last know for sure whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded or not.• Overcrowded with 100,000 cold-bloodedbees, the hive had become a warm-bloodedorganism.• Protagonists of the warm-bloodedtheory will show some of the horned dinosaurs charging over the Cretaceousplains like furious reptilian rhinoceroses!
