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nasonov pheromone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
na-sonov pheromone
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pheromone released by worker bees to orient returning forager bees back to the colony.

Etymology

After Nikolai Nasonov (1855–1939), Russian zoologist.

Inflected Forms

the Nasonov pheromone (canonical) Nasonov pheromones (plural)

Phrases

Nasonov gland

Frequently Paired Words

Nasonov gland

Questions

What does nasonov pheromone mean?
A pheromone released by worker bees to orient returning forager bees back to the colony.
Where does nasonov pheromone come from?
After Nikolai Nasonov (1855–1939), Russian zoologist.

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