fossa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.

noun

A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar. It is slender, long-tailed and has retractile claws and anal scent glands.

/ˈfɒsə/ /ˈfɑsə/ /ˈfɔsə/ /ˈfuː.sə/ /ˈfʊ.sə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fossa.wav /ˈfɒ.sə/ /ˈfɑ.sə/ /ˈfɔ.sə/

fossa fossae fossæ fossas

Unadapted borrowing from Latin fossa (“a ditch, trench, fosse”). Doublet of fosse.

fosse fossula fossulate

cerebral fossa pterygomaxillary fossa pyriform fossa sphenomaxillary fossa sphenopalatine fossa

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