flehm

English

A tiger flehms.

Alternative forms

• (verb): flehmen
• (noun): see flehmen

Etymology

From German flehmen.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) 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

flehm (plural flehms)

1. Alternative form of flehmen