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vibrissa

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8 lettersPronunciation /vɪˈbɹɪsə/Part of speech nounSorted abiirssvStarts with VEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

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

  2. a cat

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin vibrissae.

Used in a sentence

  • 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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