VIBRISSA

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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.

2.
n.

The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.


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