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Fossa

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Fossa may refer to:

Places

  • Fossa, County Kerry, Ireland
  • Fossa, Abruzzo, Italy
  • Fossa River, Iceland
  • Fossá, Faroe Islands, an abandoned village
  • Fossá, a waterfall in the Faeroe islands

Science

  • Fossa (animal), the common name of a carnivoran mammal of genus Cryptoprocta endemic to Madagascar
  • Fossa, the Latin genus name of the Malagasy civet, a related but smaller mammal endemic to Madagascar
  • Fossa (anatomy), a depression in part of the body
  • Fossa (geology), a depression in a planet

Other uses

  • La Fossa, an Italian rap group
  • Fossa (drowning pit): for executions

See also

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