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VIBRISSA (vibrissae)

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Irregular inflected form: vibrissae  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does vibrissa mean? 

VIBRISSA (noun)
  The noun VIBRISSA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VIBRISSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VIBRISSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sensory hair; vibrissa; whisker

Hypernyms ("vibrissa" is a kind of...):

hair (a filamentous projection or process on an organism)


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