English Explanatory Dictionary

flehman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Nonstandard form of flehmen.
noun
  1. Nonstandard form of flehmen.

Word forms

flehman

Etymology

From German flehmen. Respelled apparently under the influence of the common name-ending -man, due to the mistaken belief that the word (used in compounds like flehmen response) was an eponym. The term is sometimes capitalized (Flehmen, Flehman) for the same reason).

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