pheromone
A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect, that affects the development or behavior of other members of the same species, functioning often as a means of attracting a member of the opposite sex.
A kind of
- secretion
Related words
- allomone
- pheromonostasis
- pheromonostatic
- pheromonotropic
- queen mandibular pheromone
- antipheromone
- mandibular pheromone
- queen retinue pheromone
- kairomone
- Nasonov pheromone
- parapheromone
- pheromonal
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pheromone” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.