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fossula

fossula noun: a small fossa.

Noun

fossula (plural fossulae or fossulæ)

  1. A small fossa.

Forms of fossula

pluralfossulae
pluralfossulæ

Origin of fossula

From Latin fossula (“small ditch or trench”).

Questions about fossula

What does fossula mean?
Fossula means a small fossa.
What part of speech is fossula?
Fossula is a noun.
What is the plural of fossula?
The plural of fossula is fossulae.

Words near fossula in the dictionary

  1. fossorialization
  2. fossorially
  3. fossorials
  4. fossorious
  5. fossors
  6. fossula
  7. fossulae
  8. fossulate
  9. fossulæ
  10. Fossum
  11. Fossums

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