vibrissa
英 [vaɪ'brɪsə]
美[vaɪ'brɪsə]
- n. [解剖] 鼻毛；[脊椎] 触须；羽须
英英释义
- 1. a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
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.
词态变化
复数: vibrissae;