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Word: Kairomone
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1970s: from Greek kairos ‘advantage, opportunity’, on the pattern of pheromone
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkʌɪrəməʊn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a chemical substance emitted by an organism and detected by another of a different species which gains advantage from this, e.g. a parasite seeking a host.
Short Definition:chemical substance emitted by organism and detected by another of different species which gains advantage from this
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