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vibrissae
noun
[ vʌɪˈbrɪsiː ]
• long stiff hairs growing around the mouth or elsewhere on the face of many mammals, used as organs of touch; whiskers.
Origin:
late 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘nostril hairs’.
