flehming

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A form of flehm — 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.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of flehm
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flehming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flehming

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

Chicago

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

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