1. A facial response in which an animal curls its upper lip and inhales to draw scent particles into the vomeronasal organ; the behavior itself.
Usage: ethology term; also called flehmen response

1. To perform the flehmen response; to curl the upper lip and inhale to detect scents.
Usage: ethology term; intransitive

Examples

• The stallion performed a flehmen when he detected the mare's pheromones.
• Cats often flehmen when they encounter strong or unfamiliar scents.
• The flehmen response helps animals analyze chemical signals in their environment.
• When the goat flehmed, its upper lip curled back distinctively.
• Researchers observed the animal flehmen repeatedly near the scent source.
• The flehmen is a common behavior in many mammalian species.