• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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    23 hours ago

    Lol, the merriam Webster dictionary is not an appropriate source to define the scientific understanding of a word or term.

    The biggest difference between a pheromone and an odorus compound is that pheromones have an Innate purpose and odors have responses learned through association.

    By your understanding of the word pheromone the sulphuric odor in fart could be defined as a pheromone…