vibrissa

Any of the long stiff hairs that are located chiefly on the muzzle of most mammals and that function as tactile organs, as the whiskers of a cat.

One of several long modified feathers located at the sides of the mouth of insect-eating birds.

In mammalogy, one of the long, stiff bristles which grow upon the upper lip and elsewhere upon the head of most mammals; a whisker, as of a cat.

In ornithology, a rictal bristle; one of the special set of long, slender, bristle-like or bristly feathers, devoid of vexilla proper, which grow in a series along each side of the rictus or gape of the mouth of many birds, as flycatchers, goatsuckers, and others.

In human anatomy, one of the hairs which grow in the nostrils.

In entomology, one of the projecting lateral bristles on the upper border of the peristomium or mouth-cavity of certain Diptera.

One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the hairs of the nostrils of man.

The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.

Any of the tactile whiskers on the nose of an animal such as a cat

Any similar feather near the mouth of some birds