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