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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fossa
    n 1: a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical
         depression) [syn: pit, fossa]
    2: monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm
       civets [syn: Fossa, genus Fossa]
    3: largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some
       respects between cats and civets [syn: fossa, fossa cat,
       Cryptoprocta ferox]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
FOSSA, Eng. law. A ditch full of water, where formerly women who had 
committed a felony were drowned; the grave. Cowel, Int. 



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