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One of the stiff hairs that grow about the nostrils or on other parts of the face in many mammals (as the whiskers of a cat or the hairs of the nostrils of man) and that are not themselves sensitive but often serve as tactile organs.

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  • Also called vibrissae, the long hairs dot their cheeks in a square-grid pattern.
  • An additional 3,000 vibrissae are spaced less densely over the rest of the body.
  • These bristly vibrissae serve to transmit information to the brain via nerve fibers.
  • A! he needed were five or six delicate vibrissae on each side of the nose to make the illusion complete.
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