Definitions
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- verb intransitive 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.
Etymologies
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German flehmen.
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Examples
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To curl one's lip to sniff at pheromones is 'to flehm', so I've been flehming here at the office.
Ugly Overload 2009
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To curl one's lip to sniff at pheromones is 'to flehm', so I've been flehming here at the office.
Ugly Overload 2009
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