pheromone

See also: phéromone and Pheromone

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Etymology

From φέρω (phérō, “I bring, bear, carry”) and hormone.

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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.

Derived terms

• allomone
• antipheromone
• kairomone
• mandibular pheromone
• Nasonov pheromone
• parapheromone
• pheromonal
• pheromonic
• pheromonostasis
• pheromonostatic
• pheromonotropic
• pheromotropic
• propheromone
• queen mandibular pheromone
• queen retinue pheromone

Translations

chemical

Arabic: فِيرُومُون m (fīrūmūn) Catalan: feromona f Chinese: Mandarin: 信息素 (zh) (xìnxīsù) Czech: feromon m Danish: feromon n Dutch: feromoon (nl) n Estonian: feromoon Finnish: feromoni (fi) French: phéromone (fr) f German: Pheromon (de) Greek: φερομόνη (el) f (feromóni) Hungarian: feromon (hu) Icelandic: lyktarhormón m, ferómón m Italian: feromone (it) m Japanese: フェロモン (ja) (feromon) Kazakh: феромон (feromon) Malay: feromon Maori: kakara taiaki Norwegian: Bokmål: feromon n Nynorsk: feromon n Persian: فرومون (ferumun) Polish: feromon (pl) m Portuguese: feromona m (Portugal), feromônio (pt) m (Brazil) Romanian: feromon (ro) m Russian: феромо́н (ru) m (feromón) Spanish: feromona (es) f Swedish: feromon (sv) n Turkish: feromon (tr)