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From the species name of Dendroctonus brevicomis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
brevicomine
Today it means: An oxygen containing bicyclic compound that is a pheromone for Dendroctonus brevicomis (western pine beetle), endo-brevicomine: (1R,5S,7S)-7-ethyl-5-methyl-6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane Full definition →