vibrisse
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin vībrissae.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vibrisse f (plural vibrisses)
- (anatomy, ornithology) vibrissa (any of the tactile whiskers on the nose of an animal such as a cat; any similar feather near the mouth of some birds)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “vibrisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Noun edit
vibrisse f