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But there might suddenly be good cause for that rictal smile affixed to Mr. Met’s chalk-white face.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2015

Such species have facial feathers variously called crests, beards, whiskers, rictal bristles and orbital plumes.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2010

Vibrissa, vī-bris′a, n. a whisker, as of a cat: a rictal bristle in birds: bristle, hair, as in the nostril:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various