scent

A police dog picked up the murderer's scent.

A hind got our scent, and they were away.

Buck rubs also have a scent produced by glands in the foreheads of deer that is transferred to the tree when the rub is made.

First, the chemicals deposited on the rub provide information on the individual identity of an animal; no two mammals produce the same scent.

This forehead rubbing behavior coincides with a high level of glandular activity in the modified scent glands found on the foreheads of male deer; the glandular activity causes the forehead pelage (hairy covering) of adult males to be distinctly darker than in females or younger males.

She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.

Since wind-pollinated flowers have no need to attract insects or other animals, they have dispensed with bright petals, nectar, and scent.

Features such as color, scent and shape attract pollinators, as does the reward in the flower, the pollen or the nectar, that feeds the pollinator.

The royal water lily uses color, temperature and scent to attract the beetles that pollinate it.

It magnifies the scent of the flower and it helps the beetles maintain their body temperature.

We are on the scent of something big.

Maybe I could throw the cops off the scent by telling them I saw the guy who committed the crime.

She dabbed herself with scent.

Jasmine flowers scent the air.

Republicans from Pennsylvania and New York are scenting victory.

The dog scented the hidden birds.