flehmen

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Pronunciation

IPA /ˈfleɪmən/

Noun

flehmen noun

(especially in the compound "flehmen response") Flaring of the lip in mammals, associated with intensive smelling; flehming.

Verb

flehmen verb

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.

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Synonyms

flehm flehman felching flinching fleed phleme fellation flair flipe fetor flanging phleam fleabite fluffer flaunch flincher

Rhymes

lemon lemman sweet lemon hem in hemin tegmen bitter lemon water lemon wild water lemon behmen

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