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(1):

(n.) One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the hairs of the nostrils of man.

(2):

(n.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.