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/vɪˈbɹɪsə/ · noun
Any of the tactile whiskers on the nose of an animal such as a cat..
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.
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.
Use vibrissa when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vibrissa means Any of the tactile whiskers on the nose of an animal such as a cat..
Common synonyms include nose hair, whisker, sensory hair.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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