Fossa

/ˈfɑsə/

Synonyms for "fossa" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
carnivorecavitycryptoprocta ferox

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)

Related words (5)

Related word relations

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More general

13 entries
anatomical featurebodily cavitybone depressioncavitycavumconcave shapeconcavityincurvationincurvaturemammalvertebrateviverrineviverrine mammal

More specific

4 entries
mandibular fossanasal fossaorbital fossatemporal fossa

Collocations

6 entries
Madagascar fossafossa habitatfossa ovalismandibular fossaorbital fossatemporal fossa

Inflections

2 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"Not only do we have the grooved teeth, we do have other structures in the skull that perhaps may be where the venom gland resided in a fossa or depression above the tooth row in the upper jaw," said David Burnham.

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