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juvenile hormone
juvenile hormone (plural juvenile hormones)


noun 
Definition:
 
insect hormone: a hormone present in insect larvae that regulates the form of the larva after each moult. The levels of it eventually fall to allow the larva to be transformed into the adult insect.
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