Word: vibrissae
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...have vague ideas about house flies. They feel flies crawling on them, hear their elders talk about fly nuisance. To let blind children know just what a fly looks like the American Foundation for the Blind† has just had built a big fly model. All the contours, joints, vibrissa, hairs and feelers are there. The Foundation will loan the model fly and an extensive article on the house fly to responsible blind groups. Both the Foundation's and the Department of Agriculture's flies are female. Female flies have their big eyes set farther apart than males...
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