First Known Use: 1970
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kairomone
noun kai·ro·mone \ˈkī-rə-ˌmōn, -rō-\
Definition of KAIROMONE
: a chemical substance emitted by one species and especially an insect or plant that has an adaptive benefit (as a stimulus for oviposition) to another species
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Origin of KAIROMONE
Greek kairos critical time, opportunity + English -mone (as in pheromone)
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