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fossula

American

[fos-yuh-luh] / ˈfɒs jə lə /

noun

Anatomy.

a small fossa.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

fossulae

plural

Etymology

Origin of fossula

1835–45; < Latin: a little ditch. See fossa ¹, -ule

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