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vibrissa
n.
stiff sensory hairs or whiskers on the face of a mammal (e.g. hairs in the nostrils of a human); bristly feathers near the beak of an insect-eating bird
Whiskers
Whiskers or
vibrissae (; singular:
vibrissa; ) are a type of mammalian
hair that are typically characterised, anatomically, by their large size, large and well-innervated hair follicle and by having an identifiable representation in the somatosensory cortex of the brain.
vibrissa
Noun
1. a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
(synonym) whisker, sensory hair
(hypernym) hair
Vibrissae
(pl. )
of Vibrissa
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
vibrissae
The sensitive whiskers of a cat
