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Thanks, Doc! That's somethin' I never knew all these fossiliferous years of paleontologisizing!
from the AHD:
fossa
SYLLABICATION: fos·sa
PRONUNCIATION: fs
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. fos·sae (fs)
Anatomy A small cavity or depression, as in a bone.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin, ditch, from feminine past participle of fodere, to dig.
OTHER FORMS: fossate (fst) —ADJECTIVE
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted fossil wwh 03/01/03 06:01 PM Re: fossa WhitmanO'Neill 03/02/03 02:07 AM Re: fossa wwh 03/02/03 02:23 AM
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