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flehm

flehm 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. Also the alternative form of flehmen.

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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.

Also used as

flehm is also the alternative form of flehmen.

Forms of flehm

Verb
third-person singular presentflehms
present participleflehming
past participleflehmed
pastflehmed
alternative formflehmen
Noun
pluralflehms

Origin of flehm

Borrowed from German flehmen.

Questions about flehm

What does flehm mean?
Flehm means 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.
What part of speech is flehm?
Flehm is a verb.
What is the past tense of flehm?
The past tense of flehm is flehmed.

Words near flehm in the dictionary

  1. Flegel
  2. Flegels
  3. flegm
  4. flegms
  5. flegs
  6. flehm
  7. flehman
  8. flehmed
  9. flehmen
  10. flehmen response
  11. flehmen responses

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