Anatomy
vibrissae Audio
vi·bris·sae [ vahy-bris-ay ]
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Animal Structures
Definitions related to vibrissae:
  • Stiff hairs projecting from the face around the nose of most mammals, acting as touch receptors.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The hairs growing in the vestibular region of the nasal cavity.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Vibrissae, stiff hairs on the face or nostrils of an animal, such as the whiskers of a cat. Vibrissae often act as tactile organs. The hairlike feathers around the bill and eyes of insect-feeding birds are called vibrissae, as are the paired bristles near the mouth of certain flies and the...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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