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noun
A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat.
synonyms: vibrissa, whisker.
is a specific kind of: hair.
derivation: bewhisker, whisker | barbate, bearded, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery.
Dutch: bakkebaarden, snor
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