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fossula
[ fos-yuh-luh ]
/ ˈfɒs yə lə /
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noun, plural fos·su·lae [fos-yuh-lee]. /ˈfɒs yəˌli/. Anatomy.
a small fossa.
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How to use fossula in a sentence
"Primores," and "in altera testa profunda fossula distinctus," were not in the copy.
Cardo nullis dentibus instructus, sed fossula obliqua intra marginem.