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VIBRISSA
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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:
Hypernyms ("vibrissa" is a kind of...):
hair (a filamentous projection or process on an organism)