"flehm" meaning in English

See flehm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: flehms [plural]
Etymology: From German flehmen. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|flehmen}} 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-iGA3RDnc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flehmen [verb], flehmen [noun]

Verb

Forms: flehms [present, singular, third-person], flehming [participle, present], flehmed [participle, past], flehmed [past]
Etymology: From German flehmen. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|flehmen}} 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 with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flehmen [verb], flehmen [noun]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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