endothermy

Japanese: endothermy
endothermy

...This allows birds such as barn owls to catch prey even in the dark.
[Ecology and behavior]
Birds are feathered, flying, endothermic terrestrial vertebrates (the ability to maintain body temperature through metabolic heat generated within the body. In addition to warm-blooded animals, large reptiles, migratory fish, and some insects are endothermic).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "endothermy" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのためメンフクロウなどは暗黒の中でも獲物をとらえることができる。【森岡 弘之】
【生態と行動】
 鳥類は,羽毛をもち空を飛ぶ内温性endothermy(体温が体内で生ずる代謝熱によって維持される性質。定温動物以外にも,大型の爬虫類,回遊魚,昆虫の一部は内温性である)の陸上脊椎動物である。…

※「endothermy」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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