fossette

[ fo-set, faw- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

fossette

/ fɒˈsɛt /

1840–50; < French: dimple, small cavity. See fosse, -ette

C19: from French: dimple, from fosse ditch

However, the fossette itself is shallow and soon disappears with slight wear.

There is occasionally a saucer-shaped plate or platform just under the cardinal teeth and within the shell, called the fossette.

Within, the strong cardinal teeth are placed upon a long fossette.

In this species the cartilage fossette is the same as in Mactra; the marginal teeth are feeble, and there are no laterals.

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