"pheromone" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pheromone.wav Forms: pheromones [plural]
Etymology: From φέρω (phérō, “I bring, bear, carry”) and hormone. Head templates: {{en-noun}} pheromone (plural pheromones)
  1. (biology) 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. Wikipedia link: pheromone Categories (topical): Biology Translations (chemical): feromona [feminine] (Catalan), 信息素 (xìnxīsù) (Chinese Mandarin), feromon [masculine] (Czech), feromon [neuter] (Danish), feromoon [neuter] (Dutch), feromoon (Estonian), feromoni (Finnish), phéromone [feminine] (French), Pheromon (German), φερομόνη (feromóni) [feminine] (Greek), feromon (Hungarian), lyktarhormón [masculine] (Icelandic), ferómón [masculine] (Icelandic), feromone [masculine] (Italian), フェロモン (feromon) (Japanese), феромон (feromon) (Kazakh), feromon (Malay), feromon [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), feromon [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), فرومون (ferumun) (Persian), feromon [masculine] (Polish), feromona [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), feromônio [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), feromon [masculine] (Romanian), феромо́н (feromón) [masculine] (Russian), feromona [feminine] (Spanish), feromon [neuter] (Swedish), feromon (Turkish)

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