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flehmed

flehmed is the simple past and past participle of flehm.

Meaning of flehm

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.

Questions about flehmed

What is flehmed the simple past and past participle of?
Flehmed is the simple past and past participle of flehm.

Words near flehmed in the dictionary

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

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