Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small fossa; specifically, a vacant space representing one of the primitive septa of certain corals, as the Rugosa, more fully called a septal fossula. Also fossule.
- noun In anatomy, one of the numerous slight depressions on the surface of the brain.
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- noun anatomy A small
fossa .
Etymologies
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From Latin fossula ("small ditch or trench").
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Fossa - ae: = fossula; q.v. Fossoria: burrowers: in Orthoptera, the mole crickets and allies; in
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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