Vibrissae
Vibrissae This article or section does not cite ... including appropriate citations. This article is about vibrissae, often called whiskers. For other uses of ... whisker, see whisker. A yawning cat shows vibrissae under its nose and above its eyes. Vibrissae (singular: vibrissa) are hairs that grow around ... feathers near the mouths of some birds. Vibrissae consist of inert material and contain ...
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Talk:Vibrissae
Talk:Vibrissae I moved the page vibrissa to vibrissae because it is rare that people would ... term vibrissa. Most mammal articles talk about vibrissae so this makes logical sense for people ...
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User talk:Jerzy/Archive 04
... other general mammal literature uses the term vibrissae often. In this case the singular form ... is much more obscure than the plural. Vibrissae are almost by definition a set. Also, vibrissae is not that technical of a term ... explained in the first sentence of the vibrissae article to avoid any confusion. Actually whisker ... is to change the title of the vibrissae article to vibrissa. Other than that ...
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Seals   (translated from German)
... in horizontal longitudinal rows on the "lip" (Vibrissae). Each of these hair rises in one ... and blood vessels supplied connective tissue cap. Vibrissae can erspueren and serve pressure and flow ... fish catch and must therefore verhungern. Finally Vibrissae are used for communication for instance with ...
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Mammals   (translated from German)
... function is particularly pronounced with the whiskers (Vibrissae), those through special muscles to be moved ... developed for this purpose special palpation hair (Vibrissae), which is extraordinarily sensitive and can by ...
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User talk:Pschemp/Archive 1
... being Whisker or Whiskers (with Vibrissa and Vibrissae as redirects)? And maybe "Non-sensory whiskers ... whiskers" as one section, and something like "Vibrissae: true whiskers" as another? IMO that distinction ...
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African water rat   (translated from German)
... the mud and feel with the Schnurrbarthaaren (Vibrissae) worms, Water insects, Snails and crustaceans up ...
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Borstenhaar   (translated from German)
... cilia) Hearing course hair (Tragi) Nose hair (Vibrissae)
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Nose hair   (translated from German)
Nose hair Nose hair ( lat. Vibrissae ) those are mentioned Air cleaner our body ...
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Ear seals   (translated from German)
... no whiskers come above the eye socket (Vibrissae) forwards. Spreading and habitat Ear seals are ...
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