Associations to the word «Fossa»

Wiktionary

FOSSA, noun. (anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth.
FOSSA, noun. (geology) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.
FOSSA, noun. A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, Cryptoprocta ferox.
FOSSA OF ROSENMÜLLER, noun. (anatomy) The pharyngeal recess behind the ostium of the Eustachian tube.

Dictionary definition

FOSSA, noun. A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression).
FOSSA, noun. Monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets.
FOSSA, noun. Largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats