fossa
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
Types & categories
- bodily cavity hypernym
- incurvation hypernym
- glenoid cavity hyponym
- glenoid fossa hyponym
- pit of the stomach hyponym
Related & opposite
- scar derivation
Sense 2 noun
largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
Types & categories
- viverrine hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scar |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bodily cavity |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | incurvation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | glenoid cavity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | glenoid fossa |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pit of the stomach |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | viverrine |