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flehmening

flehmening is the present participle and gerund of flehmen.

Meaning of flehmen

Noun

flehmen (countable and uncountable, plural flehmens)

  1. (especially) 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.2009, Barbara Triggs, Wombats, page 65

Questions about flehmening

What is flehmening the present participle and gerund of?
Flehmening is the present participle and gerund of flehmen.

Words near flehmening in the dictionary

  1. flehmed
  2. flehmen
  3. flehmen response
  4. flehmen responses
  5. flehmened
  6. flehmening
  7. flehmens
  8. flehming
  9. flehms
  10. Fleig
  11. Fleigs

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