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Animals

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 Eupleridae, the family of carnivorans, and closely related to the Malagasy civet. The fossa is the largest ...

, the common name of a carnivoran mammal of genus ''Cryptoprocta'' endemic to Madagascar * ''Fossa'', the Latin genus name of the

Malagasy civet The Malagasy or striped civet (''Fossa fossana''), also known as the fanaloka (Malagasy, ) or jabady, is an euplerid endemic to Madagascar. It is the only species in genus ''Fossa''. The Malagasy civet is a small mammal, about long excluding ...

, a related but smaller mammal endemic to Madagascar

Places

Fossa, Abruzzo Fossa is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. Bernardino of Fossa was born in the town. The 2009 L'Aquila earthquake caused a bridge to collapse in Fossa, and caused extensive damage to the r ...

, a town in Italy * Fossa, County Kerry, a townland in Ireland * Fossa More, a townland in the parish of Tomgraney, County Clare * Fossa Beg, a townland in the parish of Tomgraney, County Clare *

Fossá, Faroe Islands Fossá is an abandoned village in the Faroe Islands. It lies on the island of Borðoy, slightly north of Norðdepil. It is at a place where several waterfalls join the sea, hence its name (cf. Faroese ''fossur'' 'waterfall').Krenn, Ernst. 1936. ...

, an abandoned village *

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 best known valley Fossárdalur (, "waterfall river valley") in Iceland runs from the direction of Þingvellir into the southern side of Hvalfjörður. Throughout the course of the name giving river Fossá (, "waterfall river"), as the na ...

, Iceland

Other uses

Fossa (anatomy) In anatomy, a fossa (; plural ''fossae'' ( or ); from Latin ''fossa'', "ditch" or "trench") 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 depression in part of the body * Fossa (planetary nomenclature), a depression in a planet *

La Fossa La Fossa is one of the earlier rap groups from Italy and one of the first from the island of Sardinia. They formed in 1996. Unlike fellow Sardinian rap group Sa Razza, La Fossa usually does not rap in Sardinian, and uses primarily Italian lyri ...

, an Italian rap group * Fossa, a fosse (

ditch A ditch is a small to moderate divot 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 ar ...

or moat) in ancient Roman contexts * Fossa, a

drowning pit A drowning pit, drowning pool, murder-pool or murder hole (not to be confused with defensive murder holes) was a well or pond specifically for executing women and girls (for males the gibbet was used) under Scottish feudal laws. Rivers or lochan ...

used for executions * François de Fossa, musician * Formaggio di fossa, a cheese matured in pits native to Romagna, Italy

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