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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fossa \Fos"sa\, n.; pl. Foss[AE]. [L., a ditch. See Fosse.] (Anat.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal foss[ae] containing the nostrils in most birds.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context anatomy English) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth. 2 (context geology English) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. Etymology 2
n. A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, (taxlink Cryptoprocta ferox species noshow=1).
WordNet
n. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) [syn: pit]
monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets [syn: genus Fossa]
largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets [syn: fossa cat, Cryptoprocta ferox]
[also: fossae (pl)]
Wikipedia
Fossá is the highest waterfall in the Faroe Islands. It is located near the village of Haldarsvík, in the Sunda Kommuna municipality. It goes cascading 140 meters down to the sea in two stages. It is one of the biggest attractions in Northern Streymoy.
In planetary geology, a fossa (pl. fossae) is a long, narrow depression (trough) on the surface of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. The term, which means "ditch" or "trench" in Latin, is not a geological term as such but a descriptor term used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) for topographic features whose geology or geomorphology is uncertain due to lack of data or knowledge of the exact processes that formed them. Fossae are believed to be the result of a number of geological processes, such as faulting or subsidence. Many fossae on Mars are probably graben.
The fossa ( or ; Malagasy ; Cryptoprocta ferox) is a cat-like, carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar. It is a member of the Eupleridae, a family of carnivorans closely related to the mongoose family (Herpestidae). Its classification has been controversial because its physical traits resemble those of cats, yet other traits suggest a close relationship with viverrids (most civets and their relatives). Its classification, along with that of the other Malagasy carnivores, influenced hypotheses about how many times mammalian carnivores have colonized Madagascar. With genetic studies demonstrating that the fossa and all other Malagasy carnivores are most closely related to each other (forming a clade, recognized as the family Eupleridae), carnivorans are now thought to have colonized the island once around 18 to 20 million years ago.
The fossa is the largest mammalian carnivore on the island of Madagascar and has been compared to a small cougar. Adults have a head-body length of and weigh between , with the males larger than the females. It has semiretractable claws and flexible ankles that allow it to climb up and down trees head-first, and also support jumping from tree to tree. The fossa is unique within its family for the shape of its genitalia, which share traits with those of cats and hyenas.
The species is widespread, although population densities are usually low. It is found solely in forested habitat, and actively hunts both by day and night. Over 50% of its diet consists of lemurs, the endemic primates found on the island; tenrecs, rodents, lizards, birds, and other animals are also documented as prey. Mating usually occurs in trees on horizontal limbs and can last for several hours. Litters range from one to six pups, which are born blind and toothless ( altricial). Infants wean after 4.5 months and are independent after a year. Sexual maturity occurs around three to four years of age, and life expectancy in captivity is 20 years. The fossa is listed as " Vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It is generally feared by the Malagasy people and is often protected by their fady (taboo). The greatest threat to the species is habitat destruction.
The Fossa Valley runs from the Corpse river lake into the southern side of Berufiord Bay, Hvalfjödur. Throughout the course of the river, there are many waterfalls, the most visited of which lies beside the Route 47. Car parking is provided next to the main road.
In anatomy, a fossa (; plural fossae ( or ); from the Latin "fossa", ditch or trench) is a depression or hollow, usually in a bone, such as the hypophyseal fossa (the depression in the sphenoid bone). Some examples include:
In the Skull:
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Cranial fossa
- Anterior cranial fossa
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Middle cranial fossa
- Interpeduncular fossa
- Posterior cranial fossa
- Hypophyseal fossa
- Temporal bone Fossa
- Mandibular fossa
- Jugular fossa
- Infratemporal fossa
- Pterygopalatine fossa
- Pterygoid fossa
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Lacrimal fossa
- Fossa for lacrimal gland
- Fossa for lacrimal sac
- Mandibular fossa
- Scaphoid fossa
- Jugular fossa
- Condyloid fossa
- Rhomboid fossa
In the Torso:
- Fossa ovalis (heart)
- Infraclavicular fossa
- Iliac fossa
- Ovarian fossa
- Pelvic fossa
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Fossa navicularis
- Navicular fossa of male urethra
- Fossa of vestibule of vagina
- Ischioanal fossa
In the Upper Limb:
- Supraclavicular fossa
- Radial fossa
- On the scapula:
- Glenoid fossa
- Supraspinous fossa
- Infraspinous fossa
- Subscapular fossa
- Cubital fossa (aka Antecubital fossa)
- Olecranon fossa
In the Lower Limb:
- Fossa ovalis (thigh)
- Trochanteric fossa
- Acetabular fossa
- Popliteal fossa
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Intercondyloid fossa
- Anterior intercondyloid fossa
- Posterior intercondyloid fossa
- Intercondylar fossa of femur
Usage examples of "fossa".
Labienus, postquam neque aggeres neque fossae vim hostium sustinere poterant, coactis una XL cohortibus, quas ex proximis praesidus deductas fors obtulit, Caesarem per nuntios facit certiorem quid faciendum existimet.
In the Saurischia, this indentation is large and carries at least one fenestra, whereas in the Ornithischia the fossa as well as its fenestra are significantly reduced or missing.
Once they passed a new Amex mining station manned mostly by Americans, perched on one of the rare big veins of mafic rock rich in platinoids, in Tantalus Fossae near Alba Patera.
The nucleated cells found connected with the cancellated structure of the bones, which I first pointed out and had figured in 1847, and have shown yearly from that time to the present, and the fossa masseterica, a shallow concavity on the ramus of the lower jaw, for the lodgment of the masseter muscle, which acquires significance when examined by the side of the deep cavity on the corresponding part in some carnivora to which it answers, may perhaps be claimed as deserving attention.
In the skull, the supraorbital processes of the frontals are broader in the rorquals than in others, and the olfactory fossa is less elongated.
Herbivora, or the vertical cutting one of the flesh-eating mammals, the rodent has a longitudinal motion given by the arrangement of the lower jaw, the condyle of which is not transverse, but parallel with the median line of the skull, and the glenoid fossa, or cavity into which it fits, and which is situated on the under side of the posterior root of the zygoma, is so open in front as to allow of a backwards and forwards sliding action.
Hoc intermisso spatio duas fossas quindecim pedes latas, eadem altitudine perduxit, quarum interiorem campestribus ac demissis locis aqua ex flumine derivata complevit.
Itaque truncis arborum aut admodum firmis ramis abscisis atque horum delibratis ac praeacutis cacuminibus perpetuae fossae quinos pedes altae ducebantur.
Fossam pedum viginti directis lateribus duxit, ut eius fossae solum tantundem pateret quantum summae fossae labra distarent.
More quickly now, he picked up the rubber strap, tied it off above the elbow of his right arm, tapped the rising vein with the side of a fingernail, placed the needle against the antecubital fossa, slid it home.
We were waiting for the Soils Dorsa train to come and swift us away to our planums, planitias, fossas, and valleys.
If she pouted a little under this scientific inspection, he noted the slight twitch of the mentalis muscle at its point of origin in the incisive fossa.
Hickman gives an instance of a steel ring which for thirteen and a half years had been impacted in the nasopharyngeal fossa of a child.
The nucleated cells found connected with the cancellated structure of the bones, which I first pointed out and had figured in 1847, and have shown yearly from that time to the present, and the fossa masseterica, a shallow concavity on the ramus of the lower jaw, for the lodgment of the masseter muscle, which acquires significance when examined by the side of the deep cavity on the corresponding part in some carnivora to which it answers, may perhaps be claimed as deserving attention.
This caused debilitating vertigo and extreme tinnitus, or a roaring in the ears, all culminating in a rupture of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery and causing hemorrhaging into the anterior and middle cranial fossae inside the base of the skull.