English Dictionary

flehmen

/ˈfleɪmən/

noun

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

The flehmen response is a behavior exhibited by many mammals.

意味（1）

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

During the preliminary phase of courtship between captive animals, Matthew Gaughwin observed flehmen on a number of occasions when the male sniffed intensely at areas of ground where the female had previously urinated and once when the male had sniffed the female's cloacal region.