largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull
A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossæ containing the nostrils in most birds
Ditches Long, narrow, shallow depressions They generally occur in groups and are straight or curved
largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
{i} (Anatomy) space shaped as a triangle with its base in the direction of the perineum between the prominence of the ischium and the obturator muscle from the side and the outer anal sphincter and the levator muscle medially
fossa
Silbentrennung
fos·sa
Aussprache
Etymologie
[ 'fä-s& ] (noun.) 1771. From Latin fossa (“ditch”).