bombykol

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bombykol [′bäm·bə‚kȯl]

(biology)

The first pheromone to be characterized chemically; it is an unsaturated straight-chain alcohol secreted in microgram amounts by females of the silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) and is capable of attracting male silkworm moths at large distances.

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