What is the meaning of Fossa?

A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.

A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.

A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar. It is slender, long-tailed and has retractile claws and anal scent glands.

grave, pit

fossa

fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

inflection of fossar:

  1. third-person singular present indicative
  2. second-person singular imperative

third-person singular present indicative

second-person singular imperative

third-person singular indicative present definite of fosik or fos

third-person singular subjunctive present definite of fosik or fos

indefinite accusative/genitive plural of foss

pit, hole

grave

fossa

trough (depression between waves or ridges)

third-person singular/plural imperfect subjunctive of ester

inflection of fosse:

  1. simple past
  2. past participle

simple past

past participle

a fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

a fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

to flow rapidly, fizz, roar, foam

genitive plural indefinite of foss m

  1. a ditch, trench, moat, fosse

a ditch, trench, moat, fosse

a gutter, waterway

a furrow drawn to mark foundations

a grave

a boundary

fossa (any mammal of the genus Cryptoprocta)

hole, hollow, cavity

septic tank

oceanic trench

fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

inflection of fossar:

  1. third-person singular present indicative
  2. second-person singular imperative

third-person singular present indicative

second-person singular imperative

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