vi'brissal
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vibrissa (vaɪˈbrɪsə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -sae | |
| 1. | any of the bristle-like sensitive hairs on the face of many mammals; a whisker |
| 2. | any of the specialized bristle-like feathers around the beak in certain insectivorous birds |
| [C17: from Latin, probably from vibrāre to shake] | |
| vi'brissal | |
| —adj | |
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Vi'brissal
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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