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Animals

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Fossa (animal) The fossa (''Cryptoprocta ferox''; or ; ) is a slender, long-tailed, cat-like mammal that is endemic to Madagascar. It is a member of the carnivora, carnivoran family Eupleridae. The fossa is the largest mammalian carnivore on Madagascar an ...
, the common name of a carnivoran mammal of genus ''Cryptoprocta'' endemic to Madagascar * ''Fossa'', the Latin genus name of the Malagasy civet, a related but smaller mammal endemic to Madagascar


Geography

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Fossá Fossurin í Fossá is one of the highest waterfallsBestu karmar við Fossá
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, a waterfall in the Faroe islands * Fossa (river), the name of several rivers in Iceland


People

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Bernardino of Fossa Bernardino of Fossa (b. at Fossa (AQ), Fossa, in the Diocese of Aquila, Italy, in 1420; d. at Aquila, 27 November 1503) was an Italian Franciscan historian and ascetical writer. Life Bernardino belonged to the Amici family, and sometimes bears ...
(1420–1503), Italian Franciscan historian and ascetical writer * François de Fossa (1775–1849), French classical guitarist and composer * José Fossa (1902–1967), Argentine footballer * La Fossa, an Italian rap group * Tony Fossas (born 1957), Cuban baseball player


Places

* Fossa, Abruzzo, a town in Italy * Fossa, County Kerry, a village and parish in Ireland * Fossá, Faroe Islands, an abandoned village * Fossa Beg, a townland in the parish of Tomgraney, County Clare * Fossa More, a townland in the parish of Tomgraney, County Clare


Other uses

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Fossa (anatomy) In anatomy, a fossa (; : fossae ( or ); ) is a depression or hollow, usually in a bone, such as the hypophyseal fossa (the depression in the sphenoid bone).Venieratos D, Anagnostopoulou S, Garidou A., A new morphometric method for the sella tur ...
, a depression in part of the body * Fossa (planetary nomenclature), a depression in a planet * Fossa, a fosse (
ditch A ditch is a small to moderate trench created to channel water. A ditch can be used for drainage, to drain water from low-lying areas, alongside roadways or fields, or to channel water from a more distant source for plant irrigation. Ditches ...
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moat A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. Moats can be dry or filled with water. In some places, moats evolved into more extensive water d ...
) in ancient Roman contexts * Fossa, a drowning pit used for executions * Formaggio di fossa, a cheese matured in pits native to Romagna, Italy


See also

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Fosse (disambiguation) Fosse, a ditch or moat, may also refer to: Places * Fossé, Ardennes, a commune in France * Fosse, Belgium, a district of the municipality of Trois-Ponts, Wallonia * Fossé, Loir-et-Cher, a commune in central France * Fosse, Pyrénées-Orientale ...
* Fossato (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation, geo