"fossa" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) (synset 113894850)
is a type of:
- bodily cavity, cavity, cavum - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
- concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward
subtypes:
- glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa - the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
- glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa - a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
- epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach - a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
same as: pit
Monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets (synset 102139275)
is a type of: mammal genus - a genus of mammals

member holonym: fanaloka, fossa fossa - civet of Madagascar

belongs to: family viverridae, family viverrinae, viverridae, viverrinae - genets; civets; mongooses

same as: genus fossa
Largest carnivore of Madagascar;
Intermediate in some respects between cats and civets (synset 102139104)
is a type of: viverrine, viverrine mammal - small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World

same as: cryptoprocta ferox, fossa cat