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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
Vibrissa
(n.)
The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.
(n.)
One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the hairs of the nostrils of man.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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