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flehmen

The correct spelling is flehmen.

How to pronounce flehmen

verb

IPA: /ˈfleɪmən/

Say it like: Fle-hme-n

The correct spelling is flehmen. 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.

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Meanings

verb

  1. 1.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.

noun

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

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