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Vibrissae (singular: vibrissa), or whiskers, are specialized hairs.
A whisker can also be called a vibrissa, the plural of which is vibrissae.
Beard, hair, feeler, whiskers, cilium, vibrissa...
The scientific name for them is 'vibrissae', or 'vibrissa' for just one whisker.
Whiskers. Cats haves whiskers on their cheeks, chin, the backs of their front legs and over their eyes! Another word for whiskers is vibrissa.