fossula

[ fos-yuh-luh ]

noun,plural fos·su·lae [fos-yuh-lee]. /ˈfɒs yəˌli/. Anatomy.
  1. a small fossa.

Origin of fossula

1
1835–45; <Latin: a little ditch. See fossa1, -ule

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