whiskered
Americanadjective
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The musical turns out to be as spryly flexible as any of its whiskered characters.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
A whiskered influencer, Larry also boasts an X account @Number10cat followed by more than 877,500 fans.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
Ferry staff whiskered a kitten out of the water near Whidbey Island on Wednesday morning after a game of cat and mouse.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023
With its large ears and whiskered nose, you’d be forgiven for mistaking the jerboa for a mouse … at least from the stomach up.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 23, 2021
That meant most days, I could see the pigs, some as big as miniature ponies, arriving on the back of huge livestock trucks, their pink and whiskered noses sticking through the metal crates.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
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