[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pheromone.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / pheromone

[← P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/P/)

# pheromone

«pheromone» in Mova's school dictionary: **a chemical that an animal gives off to send a message to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a pheromone, pheromones)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pheromone is a chemical that an animal gives off to send a message to others of its own kind, such as «follow me», «danger» or «I am looking for a mate». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pheromone/#m1)

2) Pheromones are smelled or tasted by the other animals, not seen or heard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pheromone/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on insects and communication: ants leave pheromone trails to food, bees release alarm pheromones, moths find mates by pheromones from far away. Farmers use pheromone traps to catch pests without spraying. Phrases: «pheromone trail», «alarm pheromone», «pheromone trap».

### examples

- Ants follow a pheromone trail from the nest to the crumbs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pheromone/#x1)
- When a bee stings, it releases an alarm pheromone that warns other bees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pheromone/#x2)
- A male moth can smell a female's pheromone from a long way away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pheromone/#x3)
- Farmers hang pheromone traps to catch pests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pheromone/#x4)
- Wipe the ants' path with soapy water and the pheromone trail is broken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pheromone/#x5)
- Scientists study pheromones to learn how animals talk without words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pheromone/#x6)
- Queen bees use pheromones to keep the hive working together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pheromone/#x7)

### note

Countable: a pheromone, pheromones. Spelled with «ph» at the start, said «FAIR-uh-mone». Myth: perfumes sold as «human pheromones» to make people fall in love have no good scientific proof.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pheromone» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pheromone/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.