3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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: {genus Fossa}] 3: largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets [syn: {fossa cat}, {Cryptoprocta ferox}] [also: {fossae} (pl)] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: fossae See {fossa}
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