flehms

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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 14
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Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of flehm
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flehms. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flehms

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

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