English-Thai Dictionary
fossa
N โพรง ใน ร่างกาย prong-nai-rang-kai
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FOSSA
Fos "sa, n.; pl. FossÆ. Etym: [L., a ditch. See Fosse. ] (Anat. )
Defn: A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossæ containing the nostrils in most birds.
FOSSANE
Fos "sane `, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fossane. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A species of civet (Viverra fossa ) resembling the genet.
New American Oxford Dictionary
fossa
fos sa 1 |ˈfäsə ˈfɑsə | ▶noun ( pl. fossae |ˈfäsē, -sī | ) Anatomy a shallow depression or hollow. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘ditch, ’ feminine past participle of fodere ‘to dig. ’
fossa
fos sa 2 |ˈfɑsə ˈfäsə | ▶noun a large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal of the civet family, found in the rain forests of Madagascar. [Cryptoprocta ferox, family Viverridae. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Malagasy fosa .
Oxford Dictionary
fossa
fossa 1 |ˈfɒsə | ▶noun ( pl. fossae |-siː | ) Anatomy a shallow depression or hollow. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘ditch ’, feminine past participle of fodere ‘to dig ’.
fossa
fossa 2 |ˈfɒsə | ▶noun a large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal of the civet family, found in the rainforests of Madagascar. ●Cryptoprocta ferox, family Viverridae. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Malagasy fosa .
Duden Dictionary
Fossa
Fos sa Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |F o ssa |die Fossa; Genitiv: der Fossa, Fossae |[…ɛ ] |lateinisch Grube, Vertiefung
The Wordsmith Dictionary