- Look up fossa or fossá in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Fossa may
refer to:
Fossa (animal), the
common name of a
carnivoran mammal of
genus Cryptoprocta...
- The
Medusae Fossae Formation is a
large geological formation of
probable volcanic origin on the
planet Mars. It is
named for the
Medusa of Gr**** mythology...
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formed by the
floor of the
cranial cavity.
There are
three distinct cranial fossae:
Anterior cranial fossa (fossa
cranii anterior),
housing the projecting...
- In
planetary nomenclature, a
fossa /ˈfɒsə/ (pl.
fossae /ˈfɒsiː/) is a long,
narrow depression (trough) on the
surface of an
extraterrestrial body, such...
- Triton.
Tritonian cavi are
named after mythological water spirits.
Tritonian fossae are
named after sacred bodies of water.
Tritonian maculae are
named after...
- Nili
Fossae is a
group of large,
concentric grabens on Mars, in the
Syrtis Major quadrangle. They have been
eroded and
partly filled in by
sediments and...
- or
fossae (plural) on Mars. They
include the
Cerberus Fossae,
Elysium Fossae,
Galaxias Fossae,
Hephaestus Fossae,
Hyblaeus Fossae,
Stygis Fossae and...
-
after the
ships of
famous explorers; long,
narrow depressions are
called fossae and are
named after works of architecture;
bright spots are
called faculae...
- The
abdomen (colloquially
called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky, or stomach[citation needed]) is the
front part of the
torso between the
thorax (chest)...
- The
Cerberus Fossae are a
series of semi-parallel
fissures on Mars
formed by
faults which pulled the
crust apart in the
Cerberus region. They are 1235 km...
