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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HEMATOCRYA

Hem `a *toc "ry *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. a "i ^ma, a "i `matos, blood +kry `os cold. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma.