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- noun Plural form of
fossa . (the mammal)
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This size would have made it the largest predator on Madagascar, and given that prehistoric Madagascar was also home to giant eagles and fossas, the lemurs, elephant birds and other animals of the island would certainly have lived in fear of formidable predators.
Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Just to throw the cat amongst the pigeons, I've also seen fossa (fossas pl.?) in Madagascar.
Giant hoatzins of doom Darren Naish 2006
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This size would have made it the largest predator on Madagascar, and given that prehistoric Madagascar was also home to giant eagles and fossas, the lemurs, elephant birds and other animals of the island would certainly have lived in fear of formidable predators.
Even more recently extinct, island dwelling crocodilians Darren Naish 2006
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Pliny, in his third book, says that from time immemorial the people of the southern coasts of Spain believed that the sea had forced a passage between Calpe and Abila: “Indigenæ columnas Herculis vocant, creduntque per fossas exclusa antea admisisse maria, et rerum naturæ mutasse faciem.”
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[Gambil species Aromatis] In quodam loco præfatæ vallis est planicies, vbi per plures fossas effodiunt homines Gambil, quod comeditur loco specierum aromaticarum, et per villas defertur venale, sed et hoc audiui, quòd nulla ibi fossa ita valet exhauriri, si dimittatur per annum, quin inueniatur de prædicta Gambil impleta.
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[Gambil species Aromatis] In quodam loco pr鎓at� vallis est planicies, vbi per plures fossas effodiunt homines Gambil, quod comeditur loco specierum aromaticarum, et per villas defertur venale, sed et hoc audiui, qu騞 nulla ibi fossa ita valet exhauriri, si dimittatur per annum, quin inueniatur de pr鎑icta Gambil impleta.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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ASSOCIAO BRASILEIRA DE NORMAS TCNICAS (1982) Construcao e instalcao de fossas septicas e disposicao dos efluentes finais.
Chapter 6 1992
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ASSOCIACAO BRASILEIRA DE NORMAS TECNICAS (1982) Construcao e instalcao de fossas septicas e disposicao dos efluentes finais.
Chapter 7 1992
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Experts said the status of fossas in the wild is unknown due to the rarity of sightings.
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Officials said fossas, native to Madagascar, resemble mountain lions but feature primate-like agility and are most closely related to the mongoose.
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