flehmening
/ˈfleɪmənɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of flehmen: performing the flehmen response (curling back the upper lip to detect scents).
- We watched the giraffe flehmening as it investigated a scent on a branch.
- The zookeeper noted the lion was flehmening more often during mating season.
- The cat was flehmening after smelling the new carpet.
adjective
- Describing an animal that is currently performing the flehmen response.
- A flehmening deer is a common sight in the wild during the rut.
- The flehmening horse stood still with its lip curled back.
- The photographer captured a flehmening tiger in perfect detail.