Vibrissa

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1. Noun

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. Noun

The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.

3. Noun

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