fossa
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(noun) largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets |
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Synonyms: Cryptoprocta ferox, fossa cat |
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Related Words: viverrine, viverrine mammal |
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(noun) monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets |
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Synonyms: genus Fossa |
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Related Words: mammal genus |
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(noun) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) |
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Synonyms: pit |
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Related Words: bodily cavity, cavity, cavum, concave shape, concavity, epigastric fossa, glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa, pit of the stomach |
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