(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.

Alternative form of flehmen

present participle of flehm

simple past tense and past participle of flehm

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flehm

present participle of flehmen

simple past tense and past participle of flehmen

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flehmen

Alternative form of flehm

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