noun
- Organisms that can tolerate and survive across a wide range of temperatures.
Usage: biology; plural form of euryterm; contrasts with stenotherms, which tolerate only narrow temperature ranges
Examples
- Many fish species are eurytherms, able to survive in both cold and warm waters.
- Rats are eurytherms that can adapt to diverse climates across the globe.
- Unlike stenotherms, eurytherms have physiological mechanisms to regulate body functions across temperature extremes.
- Cockroaches are considered eurytherms because they thrive in a variety of thermal environments.
- The study compared eurytherms with stenothermic species to understand temperature adaptation.