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Categories: Chemical ecology, Articles with short description, Pheromones, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Endocrinology
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pheromone  Aggregation pheromone  Alarm pheremones  alarm pheromone  alarm pheromones
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A chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species WordNet 3.0
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A chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A pheromone is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species. Wikipedia
Chemical that triggers a social response in members of the same species. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Any substance secreted by an animal which influences the behaviour of other individuals of the same species. OmegaWiki
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. Wiktionary