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fossa |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fossa \Fos"sa\, n.; pl {Foss[AE]}. [L., a ditch. See {Fosse}.] (Anat.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal foss[ae] containing the nostrils in most birds. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fossa n 1: a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) [syn: {pit}] 2: monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets [syn: {Fossa}, {genus Fossa}] 3: largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets [syn: {fossa cat}, {Cryptoprocta ferox}]
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