lipcurl

English

Etymology

From lip +‎ curl.

Noun

lipcurl (countable and uncountable, plural lipcurls)

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)

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.