VIBRISSAE

Meaning of VIBRISSAE in English

n.pl. 1 stiff coarse hairs near the mouth of most mammals (e.g. a cat's whiskers) and in the human nostrils. 2 bristle-like feathers near the mouth of insect-eating birds. [L (as VIBRATE)]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary. Английский основной разговорный словарь. 2012

VIBRISSAE — (pl. ) of Vibrissa
Английский словарь Webster
VIBRISSAE — ( pl. ) of Vibrissa
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VIBRISSAE — pl of vibrissa.
Webster English vocab
VIBRISSAE — [ vʌɪ'brɪsi: ] ■ plural noun Zoology long stiff hairs growing around the mouth or elsewhere on the face of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VIBRISSAE — n.pl. 1 stiff coarse hairs near the mouth of most mammals (e.g. a cat's whiskers) and in the human nostrils. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VIBRISSAE — n.pl. 1. stiff coarse hairs near the mouth of most mammals (e.g. a cat's whiskers) and in the human nostrils. …
Oxford English vocab
VIBRISSAE — носовые волосы
English-Russian Online Dictionary
VIBRISSA — vīˈbrisə noun ( plural vibris·sae -iˌsē) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin vibrissae, plural, hairs in the nostrils, probably from vibrare …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VIBRISSA — — vibrissal , adj. /vuy bris"euh/ , n. , pl. vibrissae /-bris"ee/ . 1. one of the stiff, bristly hairs …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOUCH RECEPTION — also called Tangoreception, perception by an animal when in contact with a solid object. Two types of receptors are common: …
Britannica English vocabulary
HAIR — in mammals, the characteristic threadlike outgrowths of the outer layer of the skin (epidermis) that form an animal's coat, or …
Britannica English vocabulary

Английский основной разговорный словарь

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