单词 | flehmen reaction |
释义 | flehmen /flāˈmən/ or flehmen reaction /rē-akˈshən/ (animal behaviour)nounA response to a stimulus in some mammals, esp felines, taking the form of a grimace in which air is sucked in, allowing trace quantities of chemicals, esp pheromones, to be detected by an accessory olfactory organ in the roof of the mouth ORIGIN: Coined by Karl-Max Schneider (1887–1955), German zoologist |
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