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Bookmark or Share- Vibrissae | Whiskers, Touch, Sensory | Britannicavibrissae, stiff hairs on the face or nostrils of an animal, such as the whiskers of a cat. Vibrissae often act as tactile organs. The hairlike feathers around the bill and eyes of insect-feeding birds are called vibrissae, as are the paired bristles near the mouth of certain flies and the sensitive hairs of insectivorous plants.
- Whisker Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. a. : a hair of the beard. b whiskers plural. (1) archaic : mustache. (2) : the part of the beard growing on the sides of the face or on the chin. c. : hairbreadth. lost the race by a whisker. 2. : one of the long projecting hairs or bristles growing near the mouth of an animal (such as a cat or bird) 3.
- Whiskers: why do animals have whiskers and how do they work?Why do animals have whiskers? And how do whiskers work? We explain.
- Whiskers - WikipediaWhiskers or vibrissae (/ v ə ˈ b r ɪ s i /; sg.: vibrissa; / v ə ˈ b r ɪ s ə /) are a type of stiff, functional hair used by most mammals to sense their environment. These hairs are finely specialised for this purpose, whereas other types of hair are coarser as tactile sensors .
- WHISKER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionarynoun. uk / ˈwɪs.kə r/ us / ˈwɪs.kɚ / Add to word list. [ C ] any of the long, stiff hairs growing on the face of a cat, mouse, or other mammal: He watched the cat cleaning the milk off her whiskers. Alicja Radoszewska/EyeEm/GettyImages. whiskers [ plural ] old-fashioned or humorous.
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