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1. (adj.) cold-blooded
of or designating animals, as fishes and reptiles, whose blood temperature ranges from the freezing point upward, in accordance with the temperature of the surrounding medium.
2. cold-blooded
done or acting without emotion or feeling:
a cold-blooded killer.
3. cold-blooded
sensitive to cold.
Etymology: (1585–95)
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| Definition of 'cold-blooded' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate
without compunction or human feeling
"in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
2. (adj) cold-blooded
having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) cold-blooded
having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them
2. (adj) cold-blooded
deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted
3. (adj) cold-blooded
not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country
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