fossa
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/ˈfɒsə/(UK)
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/ˈfɒsə/(UK) · /ˈfɑsə/(US) · /ˈfɔsə/(US) · /ˈfuː.sə/(UK) · /ˈfʊ.sə/(UK) · /ˈfɒ.sə/(UK) · /ˈfɑ.sə/(US) · /ˈfɔ.sə/(US)
Definition of fossa
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
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noun
- 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.
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Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin fossa (“a ditch, trench, fosse”). Doublet of fosse.
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