fossa

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɒsə/    美 /ˈfɑsə/|/ˈfɔsə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
  2. A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar. It is slender, long-tailed and has retractile claws and anal scent glands.
  3. A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.

词形变化

fossae plural fossæ obsolete,plural fossas plural

词汇关系

衍生词
cerebral fossa pterygomaxillary fossa pyriform fossa sphenomaxillary fossa sphenopalatine fossa
相关词
fosse fossula fossulate

词源

词源 1
Unadapted borrowing from Latin fossa (“a ditch, trench, fosse”). Doublet of fosse.
词源 2
[Alt: Cryptoprocta ferox
Borrowing from Malagasy fosa which likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) prior to a semantic shift, thus cognate with Malay pusak and Tagalog pusa both meaning "cat".
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