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stenothermal

Definition of stenothermal

adjective

Ecology
  • (of an organism) able to tolerate only a small range of temperature: most species that are restricted to a particular range of latitudes are described as stenothermalOften contrasted with eurythermal.

Origin:

late 19th century: from Greek stenos 'narrow' + thermal

stenothermal in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of stenothermal in the US English dictionary