pheromonal
Relating to attractants
Pheromonal describes something relating to or involving pheromones—chemical signals that animals release to communicate with others of their species.
These signals trigger responses like attraction, alarm, or territorial marking: pheromonal cues guide the ants back to the colony, pheromonal attraction between potential mates.
The word appears most often in scientific contexts.
Attractive, tempting quality
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- scentAirborne odor detected
- desireIntense wanting
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
musk · musky · aphrodisiac · courtship · enticement · flirtation · perfume · cologne
Indicating with symbols
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- urineRenal excretion fluid
- estrusOvulatory mating phase
- ruttingMating season behavior
dominance · mammalian · predator-prey · deer · boar · wildlife · reproductive
allure
Attractive, tempting quality
seduction · musk · musky · aphrodisiac · courtship · enticement · flirtation · perfume · cologne · magnetism
marking
Indicating with symbols
rutting · dominance · mammalian · predator-prey · deer · boar · wildlife · reproductive
secretion
Substance released by glands
- receptorsProteins binding specific molecules
- olfactionSense of scent detection
- biochemistryScience of living chemistry
molecules · volatiles · biosynthesis · exocrine · detection · synthesis · hormonal · endocrine · glands
colony
Dependent territorial settlement
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- aggregationCombined collection of items
- pheromone trailChemical pathway left by insects
- sex pheromonesChemical mating signals