pheromone

Noun

Meaning

a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species

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Additionally, an alarmed termite will bump into other termites which causes them to be alarmed and to leave pheromone trails to the disturbed area, which is also a way to recruit extra workers. Source: Internet

At this point the ant which completed the shortest tour deposits virtual pheromone along its complete tour route (global trail updating). Source: Internet

Each ant probabilistically chooses the next city to visit based on a heuristic combining the distance to the city and the amount of virtual pheromone deposited on the edge to the city. Source: Internet

If recognized as a mate, it will be carried to the queen to mate. citation Males may also patrol the nest and fight others by grabbing them with their mandibles, piercing their exoskeleton and then marking them with a pheromone. Source: Internet

At the observatory Ivy seduces Comissioner Gordon with her pheromone dust into giving her the Batsignal back at GCPD. Source: Internet

In 2010, scientists named a pheromone identified in male mouse urine darcin, citation after Mr Darcy, because it strongly attracted females. Source: Internet

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