FOSSAE

FOSSA

fossa, fossa cat, Cryptoprocta ferox

(noun) largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets

Fossa, genus Fossa

(noun) monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets

pit, fossa

(noun) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fossae

plural of fossa

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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