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adverb • in a composed and unconcerned manner | ||||
| 28% | 7 | These cats can purr, but not roar like other big cats | ||
noun • large American feline resembling a lion | ||||
| 28% | 7 | An action commonly seen in species like cats and big cats, wherein they curl their lips while inhaling a scent | ||
verb • To exhibit the flehmen response, i.e., to draw back the lips, allowing scent to reach the Jacobson’s organ, an auxiliary olfactory organ found in many animals. noun • (especially in the compound "flehmen response") Flaring of the lip in mammals, associated with intensive smelling; flehming. | ||||
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