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cold-blooded
(cold-blooded)
adjective
1
denoting animals whose body temperature varies with that of the environment (e.g. fish); poikilothermic.
2
without emotion or pity; deliberately cruel or callous:
a cold-blooded murder
Derivatives
cold-bloodedly
adverb
cold-bloodedness
noun
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