Vibrissae example sentences

vi·bris·sae

noun

vibrissa (noun)

  - long stiff hairs growing around the mouth or elsewhere on the face of many mammals, used as organs of touch; whiskers.

  - coarse bristle-like feathers growing around the gape of certain insectivorous birds that catch insects in flight.

Synonyms

plume, quill, plumage, feathering, down, hackles, crest, tuft, topknot, pinion, covert, remex, rectrix, plumule, flag

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