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plural vibrissae
Any of the tactile whiskers on the nose of an animal such as a cat. quotations examples
There are also long hairs inside each ear and sometimes on its tip, and about a dozen very long and strong hairs—the whiskers or vibrissæ— are placed on each upper lip.
1881, St George Jackson Mivart, The Cat, London: Murray, page 14
Any similar feather near the mouth of some birds. examples
(anatomy, in the plural) The thick hairs found inside the nostrils of humans and other mammals. quotations examples
The vibrissae are coarse hairs whose follicles are located just within the nasal meatus. […] Vibrissae are present in most mammals, but their innervation and role in sensory function appears to be less pronounced in humans.
2012, David W. Kennedy, Peter H. Hwang, editors, Rhinology: Diseases of the Nose, Sinuses, and Skull Base, Thieme