noun · rare

fossa

fossa · fossae · fossas

фосса

Vertiefung, Fossa

A pit, groove, cavity, or depressionA pit, groove, cavity, or depression.

UK/ˈfɒsə/US/ˈfɑsə/

Meaning

3 senses

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

More definitions

largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

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By meaning 1

Cryptoprocta ferox:

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By meaning 2

pit, groove, cavity:

Cryptoprocta ferox:

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

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

[Alt: Cryptoprocta ferox

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plural: fossae / fossas

Singular	fossa
Plural	fossae / fossas

regular

4 synonyms

Close in meaning

largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets:fossa cat Cryptoprocta ferox
monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets:genus Fossa
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression):pit

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