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vibrissae
Variant of vibrissa
noun pl. vibrissae
- any of the stiff hairs growing in or near the nostrils of certain animals and often serving as organs of touch, as a cat's whiskers
- any of the bristlelike feathers growing near the mouth of certain insect-eating birds, as the whippoorwill
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