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cold-blood•ed



Pronunciation: (kōld'blud'id), [key]
adj.
1. designating or pertaining to animals, as fishes and reptiles, whose blood temperature ranges from the freezing point upward, in accordance with the temperature of the surrounding medium; poikilothermal.
2. without emotion or feeling; dispassionate; cruel: a cold-blooded murder.
3. sensitive to cold.

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