fossa

English Thesaurus

1. largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	viverrine, viverrine mammal,
definition	:	small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World (noun.animal)

2. monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	fanaloka, fossa fossa,
definition	:	civet of Madagascar (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family viverridae, family viverrinae, viverridae, viverrinae,
definition	:	genets; civets; mongooses (noun.animal)

3. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) (noun.shape)

hypernym	:	bodily cavity, cavity, cavum,
definition	:	(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body (noun.body)

hypernym	:	concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature,
definition	:	a shape that curves or bends inward (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa,
definition	:	the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint (noun.body)

hyponym	:	glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa,
definition	:	a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible (noun.body)

hyponym	:	epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach,
definition	:	a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) (noun.body)

derivation	:	mark, pit, pock, scar,
definition	:	mark with a scar (verb.contact)

derivation	:	mark, pit, pock, scar,
definition	:	mark with a scar (verb.contact)