单词 | moulting hormone |
释义 | > as lemmasmoulting hormone moulting hormone n. Zoology a hormone responsible for controlling the moulting process in insects and other arthropods; spec. the steroid ecdysone. ΚΠ 1961 New Scientist 2 Nov. 279/3 The moulting hormone (ecdyson) is produced at intervals by the thoracic glands under the influence of another hormone secreted by certain cells in the brain. 1987 M. Laverick & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) xxiii. 127/2 Of the ecdysones occurring in insects, it seems that β—rather than α-ecdysone..may be the moulting hormone of insects. < as lemmas |
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