cold-blooded

cold-blooded
/kohld"blud"id/, 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.
[1585-95]

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