"flehm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: flehms [plural], flehmen [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree German flehmenbor. English flehm Borrowed from German flehmen. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|de:flehmen|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree German flehmenbor. English flehm [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "flehmen", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "flehm", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="flehm"> Borrowed from German flehmen. Head templates: {{en-noun}} flehm (plural flehms)
  1. Alternative form of flehmen. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: flehmen
    Sense id: en-flehm-en-noun-UNpwtnri

Verb [English]

Forms: flehms [present, singular, third-person], flehming [participle, present], flehmed [participle, past], flehmed [past], flehmen [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree German flehmenbor. English flehm Borrowed from German flehmen. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|de:flehmen|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree German flehmenbor. English flehm [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "flehmen", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "flehm", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="flehm"> Borrowed from German flehmen. Head templates: {{en-verb}} flehm (third-person singular simple present flehms, present participle flehming, simple past and past participle flehmed)
  1. (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. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-flehm-en-verb-jatmGNFE Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 15 85

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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