English Explanatory Dictionary

flehm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To exhibit the flehmen response, i.e., to draw back the lips, allowing scent to reach the Jacobson’s organ, an auxiliary olfactory organ found in many animals.
noun
  1. Alternative form of flehmen.

Word forms

flehm flehms flehming flehmed flehmen

Etymology

From German flehmen.

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