An organism whose body temperature varies with the external environment?

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a) coldblooded
b) poikilotherm

Clearly it is an ectotherm/coldblooded animal/poikilotherm...but which would I choose out of the answers?

2017 DAT DESTROYER BIO #65
 
a) coldblooded
b) poikilotherm

Clearly it is an ectotherm/coldblooded animal/poikilotherm...but which would I choose out of the answers?

2017 DAT DESTROYER BIO #65
Poikilotherms, are species that can adapt to the temperature of the environment as well as maintain a steady body temperature if they have been in the constant-temperature environment for a long period of time.

Sometimes they are also referred to as Ectotherms or Ectothermic Poikilotherms.