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fossæ

fossæ is the plural of fossa.

Meaning of fossa

Noun (1)

fossa (plural fossae or (obsolete) fossæ)

  1. A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
  2. A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.

Noun (2)

fossa (plural fossas)

  1. 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.

Phrases with fossæ

Questions about fossæ

What is fossæ the plural of?
Fossæ is the plural of fossa.

Words near fossæ in the dictionary

  1. Fossum
  2. Fossums
  3. fossway
  4. fossways
  5. fossy
  6. fossæ
  7. fossé
  8. fossés
  9. FOSTA
  10. fostamatinib
  11. Fostat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fossæ (page history and authors); fossa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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