VIBRISSA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: vibrissae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat

Synonyms:

sensory hair; vibrissa; whisker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("vibrissa" is a kind of...):

hair (a filamentous projection or process on an organism)

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