vibrissa

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Any of the tactile whiskers on the nose of an animal such as a cat
{i} 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
The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds
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
vibrissae
The sensitive whiskers of a cat
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