fovea
Americannoun
noun
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anatomy any small pit or depression in the surface of a bodily organ or part
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See fovea centralis
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Origin of fovea
1840–50; < Latin: pit
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“The Mortification of Fovea Munson” at The Kennedy Center, we were in the pandemic line waiting for our moment, and then we finally got it.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023
And for the Kennedy Center in Washington, she is turning her first middle-grade novel, “The Mortification of Fovea Munson,” into a musical.
From Washington Post • May 10, 2021
When Fovea Floods first took the space, the work they presented seemed very much at odds with the bodegas and auto body shops surrounding it.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2014
In the late 1990s, they arrived in New York as part of the theater troupe Fovea Floods.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2014
The name Fovea, given to the constellation by Bayer, signifies a pit where corn was deposited.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
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