androconium

androconium
/an'dreuh koh"nee euhm/, n., pl. androconia /-nee euh/.
a scale on the forewing of certain male butterflies from which an odor attractive to females is emitted.
[1875-80; < NL, equiv. to andro- ANDRO- + -conium < Gk kónion, neut. of kónios dusty (kóni(s) dust + -os adj. suffix)]

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