| Term Name: | alarm substance cell |
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| Synonyms: | club cell |
| Definition: | Secretory cell that produces a chemical mixture that triggers antipredator behavior. The substance is released only upon disruption of the epidermis. [Behavior of teleost fishes, second edition, edited by Pitcher, 1992] |
| Ontology: | Cell Ontology [CL:0007021] |