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fossa::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fossa

noun

/'fɑsə/

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Type	Words
Synonyms	pit
Type of	incurvation, bodily cavity, cavum, concave shape, concavity, cavity, incurvature
Has types	glenoid fossa, epigastric fossa, glenoid cavity, mandibular fossa, pit of the stomach

fossa

noun

/'fɑsə/

monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets

Type	Words
Synonyms	genus fossa
Type of	mammal genus

fossa

noun

/'fɑsə/

largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets

Type	Words
Synonyms	cryptoprocta ferox, fossa cat
Type of	viverrine, viverrine mammal