vibrissa|vibrissae in English
noun
stiff sensory hairs or whiskers on the face of a mammal (e.g. hairs in the nostrils of a human); bristly feathers near the beak of an insect-eating bird
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1. The Encyclopædia Britannica acknowledges that “the functions of the whiskers (vibrissae) are only partially understood; however, it is known that, if they are cut off, the cat is temporarily incapacitated.”