vibrissa

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  1. noun Any of the long stiff hairs that project from the snout or brow of most mammals, as the whiskers of a cat.
  2. noun One of several long modified feathers that grow along the gape of the mouth of insect-eating birds.

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  1. From Late Latin vibrissae, nostril hairs, from vibrāre, to vibrate; see vibrate.

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  1. New Latin, from Latin vibrissa, usually in plural vibrissæ, the hairs in the nostrils.
 

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