fossula

[ fos-yuh-luh ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural fos·su·lae [fos, -y, uh, -lee].

1. a small fossa.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fossula¹

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

Example Sentences

Having so lately described in the Memoirs of the Pal�ontographical Society, the fossil species, I will not here further allude to them, than to state, that out of the fifteen species therein described, S. magnum comes very close to the recent S. vulgare, and that several Eocene and Cretaceous species, such as S. quadratum, S. fossula, and S. maximum, are allied to S. rutilum and S. ornatum.

From Project Gutenberg

Fossula -ae: a deep groove or sinus with sharp edges: specifically applied to grooves on the head or sides of prothorax in which the antennae are concealed.

From Project Gutenberg

About the middle of the eleventh century, Dr Ricci tells us, certain religious retired into the solitude by the shore of the Adriatic and there built a little church or oratory that was called S. Maria in fossula.

From Project Gutenberg

M. nigro-fuscus labro palpisque piceis thorace vix punctato postice rugoso, elytris rugis vel punctis confluentibus substriatis fossula ad humeros profunda lineaque suturali impressis, corpore subtus pilis sub-sericeo pedibusque concoloribus.

From Project Gutenberg

O. nigro-fuscus punctis impressus vertice ad oculos albo-bilineato, thorace fossula postica media alba, elytris ad suturam linea pilis alba, corpore subtus lateribus albis.

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