English dictionary
vibrissa
/v/aI/'br/I/s/@/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913