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whiskers

type of mammalian hair used for sensing
Class type of: hair Q913572

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
hair type, class of anatomical entity[3]
Subclass of
hair
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Belarusian encyclopedia[4][5][6]
Different from
Wibrysy muchówek[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en whiskers en whisker en vibrissae en vibrissa ar الكلبة ar سبال ar السبال ar كلبة cs Vibrisy da Varbørste da knurhår de Vibrissen de Sinushaar de Schnurrhaar de Schnurrhaare de Tasthaar es pelos de la nariz es bigote de gato es vibrisa es vibrisas
🔖 Identifiers · 15
OpenAlex ID
C116134602, C145065098
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Cats whiskers.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300011823
BNCF Thesaurus ID
75409
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/vibrissae
Freebase ID
/m/01l7qd
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
værhår
KBpedia ID
Whisker
Lex ID
knurhår
MeSH descriptor ID
D014738
MeSH tree code
A13.950
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
116134602
Show all 15 identifiers +3
UBERON ID
0006378
UMLS CUI
C0042640
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01904469-n

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Belongs to 1
cat
Named after 1
Siluriformes
Subclass of 1
hair
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Summary

whiskers is a hair type[1]. whiskers is a type of hair[2].

Body

Influence

Things named for whiskers include Siluriformes[8], a taxon[9].

Why It Matters

Entities named for whiskers include Siluriformes[8], a taxon[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Belarusian encyclopedia
    Instance of → hair type, class of anatomical entity
    Different from → Wibrysy muchówek
    Subclass of → hair
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #67072: pages 1-200 (letter в)"
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