vibrissa

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n. [解剖] 鼻毛;[脊椎] 触须;羽须

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复数: vibrissae;


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vibrissa (n.)
plural vibrissae, 1690s, "nose hair, stiff hair in the nostril," from Latin vibrissa, back-formation from vibrissare, from vibrare "to vibrate" (see vibrate). In reference to the long whiskers of a cat, etc., from 1839.