Definition of Flehmen

1. to inhale with the mouth open and upper lip curled [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flehmen

fleetings
fleetly
fleetness
fleetnesses
fleets
fleets in being
fleetside
fleetwide
fleg
flegged
flegging
flegmon
flegs
flehm
flehmed
flehmen (current term)
flehmened
flehmening
flehmens
flehming
flehms
fleischerite
fleischnacke
fleischner sign
fleishig
fleme
flemer
flemers
flemes

Literary usage of Flehmen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Housing, Husbandry, And Welfare Of Sheep And Goats Bibliography January 85 by D'Anna Berry (1997)
"flehmen and butting were positively correlated to LH secretion (P < .02) of rams exposed to females but not to males. In Exp. 1, LH concentration determined ..."

2. Environmental Enrichment Information Resources for Laboratory Animals by Cynthia Petrie Smith (1997)
"Scent-marking, dominance and flehmen behavior in ... urine, social behavior, chemical cues, secretion, odors, scent-marking, dominance, flehmen behavior. ..."

3. BST edited by Jean A. Larson (1995)
"Behavioral events recorded during exposure to a female included the following: flehmen responses (bulls only), mounts, penis extensions, intromissions, ..."

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