This entry is primarily concerned with the use of the word висок denoting the temples of human heads, though it may also refer to animals. No specific words or expressions exist for animal temples. Common sense will dictate which of the expressions
can or cannot be used to refer to animals. The word висок is treated here as denoting the part of the head between the eye and the ear. In addition, висок is used in describing men's hairstyles, e.g. гладко причёсанные виски "smoothly
combed temples," модные косые виски "hair on the temples cut at a stylish angle"; this use is not described in this entry.