flehm

F4L1E1H4M3

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.

OriginGerman flehmen →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbflehm (third-person singular simple present flehms, present participle flehming, simple past and past participle flehmed)

present singular third person flehms · participle present flehming · participle past flehmed · past flehmed · alternative flehmen

  1. intransitiveTo 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.
nounflehm (plural flehms)

plural flehms · alternative flehmen

  1. alternativeAlternative form of flehmen.

Origin

  1. Germanflehmen
  2. Germanflehmen
  3. Englishflehm

Borrowed from German flehmen.

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APA

flehm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flehm

MLA

“flehm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flehm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flehm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flehm.

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