Definitions for juvenile hormone
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ju′venile hor′mone(n.)
any of a class of insect hormones acting to inhibit the molting of an immature insect into its adult form.
Category: Biochemistry
Wiktionary
juvenile hormone(Noun)
Any of a group of sesquiterpene hormones that regulate insect physiology by preventing molting of the exoskeleton and thus development of the larva
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