lipcurl

English

Etymology

lip +‎ curl

Noun

lipcurl (countable and uncountable, plural lipcurls)

1. Synonym of flehmen
   • 1970, Journal of Mammalogy, page 279:

     Flehmen or lipcurl was quite common, usually by a male to the urine of a female, especially if the female was in heat.

   • 1980, Desert Bighorn Council, Transactions - Volume 24, page 18:

     Sexual activity includes lipcurl, sniffing the rear or urine of another animal, courting, attempted and/or successful mounting.

   • 1980, Proceedings:

     The lipcurl or horse laugh (flehmen in German) may occur in response to the smell of strange manure or to a variety of other odors.

   • 1984, Journal of animal science - Volume 58, Issue 1, page 507:

     During lipcurl, odorant molecules are being aspirated into the vomeronasal organs in the roof of the mouth (Ladewig and Hart, 1980).

Verb

lipcurl (third-person singular simple present lipcurls, present participle lipcurling, simple past and past participle lipcurled)

1. To perform a lipcurl.
   • 1984, Journal of animal science - Volume 58, Issue 1, page 507:

     The male sniffs the urine or takes some into his mouth and "lipcurls" by raising his head with the mouth open and upper lip curled back.