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vibrissa (n.)
plural
vibrissae
, 1690s, "nose hair, stiff hair in the nostril," from Latin
vibrissa
, back-formation from
vibrissare
, from
vibrare
"to vibrate" (see
vibrate
). In reference to the long whiskers of a cat, etc., from 1839.
