fossa

Meaning of fossa

noun

a shallow depression or hollow.

mid 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘ditch’, feminine past participle of fodere ‘to dig’.

noun

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

mid 19th century: from Malagasy fosa .

Information about fossa

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of fossa is: fossas.
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Hyphenation of fossa

fossa

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • fossa is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

fossa synonyms

Meaning pit:

pit

Meaning Fossa:

Fossa

Anagrams of fossa

sofas

Words that rhyme with fossa

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