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- noun Plural form of
antifeedant .
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Examples
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But he used images from The Simpsons on our first quix to test us on our knowledge of basic organical chemical properties and antifeedants and pheromones.
24 hour bookstores, Homer Simpson, and cows. mariness 2005
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Because I'm supposed to be studying venoms, peptdies, and antifeedants in gorgonian corals at the moment, and I am finding it rather difficult to concentrate, I ask all of you this burning question:
Coffee. Sigh mariness 2005
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Woman can only study venoms, antifeedants, pheromones and deconvolution for so long before she has to go sneak peeks at the real world, or, failing that, Livejournal and the Internet.
Avoiding thoughts of deconvolution mariness 2005
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Some inhibit larval development and reduce female fertility, others act as repellents and antifeedants.
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Two compounds related to salannin, 3-deacetylsalannin and salannol, recently isolated from neem, also act as antifeedants.
4 What's in a Neem 1992
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Various extracts of Adhatoda vasica, a salt-tolerant evergreen shrub common in India, are effective as antifeedants, insecticides, viricides, and as wound healing agents for water buffalo ..
Chapter 10 1990
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The extracts act both as antifeedants and pesticides, and appear to be nontoxic to humans and animals.
Chapter 10 1990
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