fossa - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets

Synonyms

• Cryptoprocta ferox
• fossa
• fossa cat

More generic

• viverrine
• viverrine mammal

Noun

monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets

Synonyms

• Fossa
• genus Fossa

More generic

• mammal genus

Related

• Fossa fossa
• fanaloka

Related

• Viverridae
• Viverrinae
• family Viverridae
• family Viverrinae

Noun

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Synonyms

• fossa
• pit

More generic

• bodily cavity
• cavity
• cavum
• concave shape
• concavity
• incurvation
• incurvature

More specific

• epigastric fossa
• glenoid cavity
• glenoid fossa
• mandibular fossa
• pit of the stomach

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