flehmen
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
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Flaring of the lip in mammals, associated with intensive smelling; flehming.
— During the preliminary phase of courtship between captive animals, Matthew Gaughwin observed flehmen on a number of occasions when the male sniffed intensely at areas of ground where the female had previously urinated and once when the male had sniffed the female's cloacal region.
动词 v.
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Alternative form of flehm.
— One can observe mucus dripping from the nostrils of stallions after they flehmen.
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词源
词源 1
From German flehmen, from Upper Saxon German flemmen (“to look spiteful”).
词源 2
From German flehmen, from Upper Saxon German flemmen (“to look spiteful”).
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