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attractant
[ uh-trak-tuhnt ]
/ əˈtræk tənt /
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noun
an attracting agent or substance; lure: the sex attractant of the cockroach;a synthetic attractant used to bait insect traps.
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How to use attractant in a sentence
The unusual use most of us are likely aware of is as a fish attractant.
The odorous attractant of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (L.).
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches|Louis M. Roth
British Dictionary definitions for attractant
attractant
/ (əˈtræktənt) /
noun
a substance that attracts, esp a chemical (sex attractant) produced by an insect and attracting insects of the same speciesSee also pheromone
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