Among these substances, we propose to designate two major functional groupings by the terms allomone and kairomone, chosen as intentional parallels to the term pheromone.
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Kairomone
//ˈkaɪɹə(ʊ)məʊn//
Synonyms for "kairomone"
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11 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- kairomona noun (any substance produced by an individual of one species that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 開洛蒙 /开洛蒙 noun (any substance produced by an individual of one species that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer)
Estonian
1 entries- kairomoonid noun (any substance produced by an individual of one species that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer)
Finnish
1 entries- kairomoni noun (any substance produced by an individual of one species that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer)
French
1 entries- kairomone noun (any substance produced by an individual of one species that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer)
Galician
1 entries- cairomona noun (any substance produced by an individual of one species that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer)
German
1 entries- Kairomon noun (any substance produced by an individual of one species that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kairomonas noun (any substance produced by an individual of one species that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer)
Persian
1 entries- کایرومون noun (any substance produced by an individual of one species that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer)
Spanish
1 entries- cairomona noun (any substance produced by an individual of one species that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer)
Ukrainian
1 entries- κайромони noun (any substance produced by an individual of one species that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer)
Sample sentences
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Host‐finding by the parasitic wasp Orgilus lepidus, a braconid parasite, is mediated by two kairomones present in the frass of the host insect, the potato tuberworm.
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Mutillids apparently use odour signals (kairomones) while actively running in suitable locations for finding such hosts, and must spend much time searching, with little prospect of finding numerous hosts.
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