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vibrissa

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

How To Use vibrissa In A Sentence

  • Another notable mode of sensation in cats are whiskers, or vibrissae.
  • Meanwhile, inside the Grand Hyatt's Independence Ballroom, 273 spellers celebrated the complexity of our language in all its glory, correctly spelling words like zaibatsu, vibrissae and biauriculate, according to The Associated Press. Moultrie Observer Homepage
  • Mystax: in Diptera; a patch of hair or bristles above the mouth, on the lower part of the hypostoma above the vibrissae. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
  • Objective To probe into the peripheral mechanism of trigeminal neuralgia recurring by observing the change of the vibrissa pad innervation after the rat infraorbital nerve transected and ligated.
  • They use their vibrissae as sensing organs underwater to monitor the movements of fishes and other prey.
  • They also have large vibrissae, stiff whisker-like hairs above the upper lip and at the corners of the mouth.
  • Another notable mode of sensation in cats are whiskers, or vibrissae.
  • Rather, they find food via the sensitive touch of their 600 to 700 vibrissae, or whiskers, which have been likened to multifingered hands on the animals' snouts.
  • Whiskers, also known as vibrissae are touch receptors that provide the animal with information about its immediate surroundings.
  • They also have large vibrissae, stiff whisker-like hairs above the upper lip and at the corners of the mouth.
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