vibrissa
英 [vaɪ'brɪsə]
美 [vaɪ'brɪsə]
英文词源
- 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.
