Log In / Create Account
 

 
 

Thesaurus > Related Words: fossa

  Words related to fossa

Related / Similar Words: fossa cat, Cryptoprocta ferox, Fossa, genus Fossa, pit

 

Definition:
  • largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets;
  • monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets;
  • a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression);

  •  
    Hyponyms: glenoid fossa, glenoid cavity, mandibular fossa, pit of the stomach, epigastric fossa

     

    Member Meronyms: Viverridae, family Viverridae, Viverrinae, family Viverrinae

     

    Derivational Morphology: scar, mark, pock, pit

     

     
      Search Thesaurus

    Search the meaning/definition of over one hundred thousand words!
     
     
      
      Feature Word
     
      Find words starting with:
       
    A
    B
    C
       
    D
    E
    F
       
    G
    H
    I
       
    J
    K
    L
       
    M
    N
    O
       
    P
    Q
    R
       
    S
    T
    U
       
    V
    W
    X
       
    Y
    Z