| 单词 | fossa |
| 释义 | fossa fossa1 /fos"euh/, n. , pl. fossae /fos"ee/. Anat. a pit, cavity, or depression, as in a bone. [1820-30; < L: ditch, trench, fosse, short for fossa (terra) dug or dug out (earth), n. use of fem. of fossus, ptp. of fodere to dig] fossa2 /fos"euh/, n. a forest-dwelling genetlike mammal, Cryptoprocta ferox, of the civet family, native to Madagascar, with a short coat of white, black, gray, or brown: now rare. Also called fossa cat. [1830-40; < Malagasy; cf. earlier fossane ( < F < Malagasy)] |
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