Vibrissa

[vai'brisә]

Definition

(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.

(n.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.

Inputed by Alisa

Definition

n. a whisker as of a cat: a rictal bristle in birds: bristle hair as in the nostril:—pl. Vibriss′?/span> (-ē).

Edited by Annabel