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petromyzonol

petromyzonol noun: the sterol 3α,7α,12α,24-tetrahydroxy-5α-cholane that is a spawning pheromone in lampreys.

Noun

petromyzonol (uncountable)

  1. The sterol 3α,7α,12α,24-tetrahydroxy-5α-cholane that is a spawning pheromone in lampreys

Questions about petromyzonol

What does petromyzonol mean?
Petromyzonol means the sterol 3α,7α,12α,24-tetrahydroxy-5α-cholane that is a spawning pheromone in lampreys.
What part of speech is petromyzonol?
Petromyzonol is a noun.

Words near petromyzonol in the dictionary

  1. petromyscines
  2. petromyzonacil
  3. petromyzonacils
  4. petromyzonid
  5. petromyzonids
  6. petromyzonol
  7. petromyzont
  8. petromyzontid
  9. petromyzontids
  10. petromyzontiform
  11. petromyzonts

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