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creatonotine

creatonotine noun: any of a specific family of semiochemicals (esters of retronecine) produced by arctiid moths.

Noun

creatonotine (countable and uncountable, plural creatonotines)

  1. Any of a specific family of semiochemicals (esters of retronecine) produced by arctiid moths
    • An N-oxide mixture of creatonotine B:iso-creatonotine B, in a similar concentration to those found in U.2015 October 31, “Feeding on Host Plants with Different Concentrations and Structures of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids Impacts the Chemical-Defense Effectiveness of a Specialist Herbivore”, in PLOS ONE...

Forms of creatonotine

pluralcreatonotines

Questions about creatonotine

What does creatonotine mean?
Creatonotine means any of a specific family of semiochemicals (esters of retronecine) produced by arctiid moths.
What part of speech is creatonotine?
Creatonotine is a noun.
What is the plural of creatonotine?
The plural of creatonotine is creatonotines.

Words near creatonotine in the dictionary

  1. creativization
  2. creativize
  3. creativized
  4. creativizes
  5. creativizing
  6. creatonotine
  7. creatonotines
  8. creator
  9. creatorhood
  10. Creatorism
  11. creatorless

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