VIBRISSA (vibrissae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: vibrissae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does vibrissa mean? 

• VIBRISSA (noun)
  The noun VIBRISSA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VIBRISSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIBRISSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sensory hair; vibrissa; whisker

Hypernyms ("vibrissa" is a kind of...):

hair (a filamentous projection or process on an organism)