释义 |
fossette|fɒˈsɛt| [a. F. fossette dimple, dim. of fosse ditch: see fosse.] A little hollow, depression, or dimple; esp. a. Zool. (see quot. 1856). b. Path. ‘A small ulcer of the transparent cornea, the centre of which is deep’ (Ogilv.).
1848Craig, Fossette (French) a little hollow; a dimple. 1852Dana Crust. i. 49 Inner antennæ without fossettes, and elongated. 1856–8W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. I. 178 Cestoïdea.—Head usually furnished with fossettes or suctorial oscules. 1862Dana Man. Geol. 273 Showing..the depression or fossette in the star on one side. |