vibrissae

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɪˈbɹɪsaɪ/ === Noun === vibrissae plural of vibrissa == Latin == === Etymology === From vibrō (“to tremble, vibrate”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɪˈbrɪs.sae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [viˈbris.se] === Noun === vibrissae f pl (genitive vibrissārum); first declension (plural only) whiskers, the hairs of the nose ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, plural only. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: vibrissa === References === “vibrissae”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “vibrissae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press