vibrisse

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vībrissae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.bʁis/

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Noun

vibrisse f (plural vibrisses)

1. (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

• vibrer

Further reading

• “vibrisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

vibrisse f

1. plural of vibrissa