allomone
/ˈaləməʊn/Biology
noun
Any of various chemicals that may be released into the environment by an organism (typically in minute amounts), which evoke a specific response in an organism of another species, especially one that adaptively favours the releasing organism.
Origin
1960s. From allo- + -mone.
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