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meth•o•prene
Pronunciation: (meth'u-prēn"), [key]—
n. Chem.
a synthetic insect juvenile hormone, C
19H
34O
3, used as a biological pesticide primarily on mosquito and fly larvae to prevent maturing to the adult state.
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