flehmen

[ fley-muh n ]

/ ˈfleɪ mən /

noun Animal Behavior.

a behavioral response of many male mammals, especially deer, antelope, and other artiodactyls, consisting of lip curling and head raising after sniffing a female's urine.

Nearby words

fleetingly,
fleetly,
fleetwood,
flegel's disease,
flegenheimer,
fleishig,
fleishik,
flem.,
fleming,
fleming valve

Origin of flehmen

< German Flehmen, noun use of infinitive: (of a domestic ungulate) to curl the lip; compare dial. (Upper Saxony) flemmen to look spiteful; further relations unclear