Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mystacial

/mɪsˈteɪʃəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mysta-cial
IPA: /mɪsˈteɪʃəl/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a fringe of hairs suggestive of a moustache.

adj

Pertaining to the area around the vibrissae on either side of the muzzle of a mammal such as a rodent or cat.

noun

Any of the large rigid whiskers (vibrissae) that appear on the fleshy pads on either side of the muzzle of an animal such as a cat or rodent.

Example Sentences

"The mystacial pads are large and fleshy, extending beyond the nostrils."
"The vibrissal system of the rat is an example of active tactile sensing, and has recently been used as a prototype in construction of touch-oriented robots. Active vibrissal exploration and touch are enabled and controlled by musculature of the mystacial pad."
"Harbor seals use their mystacial vibrissae in a cold environment."
"In group I (anatomic study group, n=8), Lewis rats were subject to harvesting technique trialing and the mystacial vascular network was drawn"
"During the third week, the mystacials and ulnarcarpals are the first to form."
"Pocock (1926, pp. 1040-41) described the facial vibrissae in the adult animal and he too found that the mystacials are greatly reduced in number and length, a condition which is common to all the ant-eating mammals (Pocock, 1914)."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax) + -ial. Compare moustachial.

Inflected Forms

mystacials (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce mystacial?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsˈteɪʃəl/.
What does mystacial mean?: Having a fringe of hairs suggestive of a moustache.
Where does mystacial come from?: From Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax) + -ial. Compare moustachial.

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