Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fossa"
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) 1.7 (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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