英语词汇“fossa”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fossa1

/ˈfɒsə

noun (plural fossae /ˈfɒsiː/) Anatomy

A shallow depression or hollow.After pre-operative embolisation, the tumour was resected from the infratemporal and pterygopalatine fossae, sphenoid sinus, nasopharynx, nasal cavity and maxillary antrum....

Older children and adults experience ‘hot and sweaty fossae and folds’ involving flexor surfaces such as the antecubital and popliteal fossae, as well as the flexor wrists and ankles.
They occupy the ovarian fossae on the lateral pelvic wall.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, literally 'ditch', feminine past participle of fodere 'to dig'.

Rhymes

fossa2

/ˈfɒsə

noun

A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal of the civet family, found in the rainforests of Madagascar.

Cryptoprocta ferox, family Viverridae.

Catlike predators with long tails, fossas hunt everything from lemurs and mice to wild pigs....

The explanation for the strange appearance of fossas and other Madagascar animals goes back some 160 million years ago in geologic time.
Their big ears help them search for food and hear such enemies as catlike fossas.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Malagasy fosa.

单词	fossa
释义	fossa1 /ˈfɒsə / noun (plural fossae /ˈfɒsiː/) Anatomy A shallow depression or hollow.After pre-operative embolisation, the tumour was resected from the infratemporal and pterygopalatine fossae, sphenoid sinus, nasopharynx, nasal cavity and maxillary antrum.... Older children and adults experience ‘hot and sweaty fossae and folds’ involving flexor surfaces such as the antecubital and popliteal fossae, as well as the flexor wrists and ankles. They occupy the ovarian fossae on the lateral pelvic wall. Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin, literally 'ditch', feminine past participle of fodere 'to dig'. Rhymes Barbarossa, dosser, embosser, glosser, josser, Ossa, Saragossa fossa2 /ˈfɒsə / noun A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal of the civet family, found in the rainforests of Madagascar. Cryptoprocta ferox, family Viverridae. Catlike predators with long tails, fossas hunt everything from lemurs and mice to wild pigs.... The explanation for the strange appearance of fossas and other Madagascar animals goes back some 160 million years ago in geologic time. Their big ears help them search for food and hear such enemies as catlike fossas. Origin Mid 19th century: from Malagasy fosa.
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