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nounPlural fossae ˈfɒsəˈfɑsə Anatomy A shallow depression or hollow. Example sentencesExamples - If one classifies CSF leaks according to location they may be found in the anterior, middle or posterior cranial fossae.
- They occupy the ovarian fossae on the lateral pelvic wall.
- After pre-operative embolisation, the tumour was resected from the infratemporal and pterygopalatine fossae, sphenoid sinus, nasopharynx, nasal cavity and maxillary antrum.
- Most masses in the iliac fossae arise from the intestine and colon.
- Older children and adults experience ‘hot and sweaty fossae and folds’ involving flexor surfaces such as the antecubital and popliteal fossae, as well as the flexor wrists and ankles.
Synonyms hollow, indentation, dent, dint, cavity, concavity, dip, pit, hole, pothole, sink, sinkhole, excavation, trough, crater
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin, literally 'ditch', feminine past participle of fodere 'to dig'. Rhymes Barbarossa, dosser, embosser, glosser, josser, Ossa, Saragossa nounPlural fossae ˈfɒsəˈfɑsə A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal of the civet family, found in the rainforests of Madagascar. Cryptoprocta ferox, family Viverridae Example sentencesExamples - Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island, is renowned for its wealth of unique plants and land animals, including lemurs, fossas, and giant jumping rats.
- Foreigners can also volunteer with Earthwatch to help track lemurs or radio-collar Madagascar's lynx-like fossa.
- The explanation for the strange appearance of fossas and other Madagascar animals goes back some 160 million years ago in geologic time.
- Their big ears help them search for food and hear such enemies as catlike fossas.
- Could the fossa be a link between the marsupial and the mammals without pouches?
- Radio collars reveal how far fossas range (up to 25 kilometers or 16 miles a day).
- He has trapped fossas, examined them thoroughly and equipped some with radio collars to track their activities once they are back in the wild.
- Catlike predators with long tails, fossas hunt everything from lemurs and mice to wild pigs.
- Brad Bailey joined an Earthwatch group tracking the endangered fossa cat in Madagascar, making a 30-minute film based on his experience.
- It was also home to animals that preyed on lemurs, among them the large, catlike fossa, which I was to encounter many times.
- A catlike civet known as a fossa prowls the rain forest of Madagascar's Ranomafana National Park.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Malagasy fosa. nounˈfäsəˈfɑsə Anatomy A shallow depression or hollow. Example sentencesExamples - Older children and adults experience ‘hot and sweaty fossae and folds’ involving flexor surfaces such as the antecubital and popliteal fossae, as well as the flexor wrists and ankles.
- After pre-operative embolisation, the tumour was resected from the infratemporal and pterygopalatine fossae, sphenoid sinus, nasopharynx, nasal cavity and maxillary antrum.
- If one classifies CSF leaks according to location they may be found in the anterior, middle or posterior cranial fossae.
- They occupy the ovarian fossae on the lateral pelvic wall.
- Most masses in the iliac fossae arise from the intestine and colon.
Synonyms hollow, indentation, dent, dint, cavity, concavity, dip, pit, hole, pothole, sink, sinkhole, excavation, trough, crater
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘ditch’, feminine past participle of fodere ‘to dig’. nounˈfäsəˈfɑsə A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal of the civet family, found in the rainforests of Madagascar. Cryptoprocta ferox, family Viverridae Example sentencesExamples - It was also home to animals that preyed on lemurs, among them the large, catlike fossa, which I was to encounter many times.
- Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island, is renowned for its wealth of unique plants and land animals, including lemurs, fossas, and giant jumping rats.
- Radio collars reveal how far fossas range (up to 25 kilometers or 16 miles a day).
- Their big ears help them search for food and hear such enemies as catlike fossas.
- Catlike predators with long tails, fossas hunt everything from lemurs and mice to wild pigs.
- He has trapped fossas, examined them thoroughly and equipped some with radio collars to track their activities once they are back in the wild.
- Brad Bailey joined an Earthwatch group tracking the endangered fossa cat in Madagascar, making a 30-minute film based on his experience.
- Could the fossa be a link between the marsupial and the mammals without pouches?
- Foreigners can also volunteer with Earthwatch to help track lemurs or radio-collar Madagascar's lynx-like fossa.
- The explanation for the strange appearance of fossas and other Madagascar animals goes back some 160 million years ago in geologic time.
- A catlike civet known as a fossa prowls the rain forest of Madagascar's Ranomafana National Park.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Malagasy fosa. |