antiaphrodisiac
English
editEtymology
editFrom anti- + aphrodisiac.
Noun
editantiaphrodisiac (plural antiaphrodisiacs)
- Any substance that reduces sexual attraction.
- 1998, Gilbert Waldbauer, Insects through the seasons, page 65:
- The males of other insects try to keep their mates faithful by daubing them with an antiaphrodisiac pheromone, a scent that mixes with the female's own scent and makes her less attractive to other males.
Translations
editany substance that reduces sexual attraction
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