Defenition of the word fossa

• Defenition of the word fossa

  • largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
  • monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
  • a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Synonyms for the word fossa

• • Cryptoprocta ferox
  • Fossa
  • fossa cat
  • genus Fossa
  • pit

Meronymys for the word fossa

• • family Viverridae
  • family Viverrinae
  • fanaloka
  • Fossa fossa
  • Viverridae
  • Viverrinae

Hyponyms for the word fossa

• • epigastric fossa
  • glenoid cavity
  • glenoid fossa
  • mandibular fossa
  • pit of the stomach

Hypernyms for the word fossa

• • bodily cavity
  • cavity
  • cavum
  • concave shape
  • concavity
  • incurvation
  • incurvature
  • mammal genus
  • viverrine
  • viverrine mammal

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• • What is for love or money
  • The definition of for keeps
  • The interpretation of the word for good measure
  • What is meant by for dear life
  • The lexical meaning at a low price
  • The dictionary meaning of the word for a bargain price
  • The grammatical meaning of the word for a song
  • Meaning of the word for all practical purposes
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word forward pass
  • The origin of the word fossa cat
  • Synonym for the word cryptoprocta ferox
  • Antonyms for the word genus fossa
  • Homonyms for the word archeological remains
  • Hyponyms for the word fossiliferous
  • Holonyms for the word ossified
  • Hypernyms for the word fossorial
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word fossorial foot
  • Translation of the word in other languages fossorial mammal