panting
Speech parts
1. panting - Noun
2. panting - Verb
4. Panting - Proper noun
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of Pant
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As a result of panting the ostrich should eventually experience alkalosis.
After she ended, she stood there panting as the director came towards her.
Dr. Loenser says that subtle signs of fear or aggression include “lip licking, yawning or panting when not hot.”
In general, in hot environments, they use evaporative cooling to shed excess heat, either by sweating (some mammals) or by panting (many mammals and all birds) — in general, mechanisms not present in poikilotherms.
Moreover, varying surface temperatures within the respiratory tract contribute differently to overall heat and water loss through panting.
It was officially named as a specific respiratory problem by Hippocrates circa 450 BC, with the Greek word for "panting" forming the basis of our modern name.