Definition of Fossate

1. fossa [adj] - See also: fossa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossate

fossa temporalis
fossa tonsillaris
fossa triangularis
fossa trochanterica
fossa trochlearis
fossa venae cavae
fossa venae umbilicalis
fossa venosa
fossa vesicae biliaris
fossae
fossane
fossas
fossate (current term)
fosse
fossed
fosses
fosset
fossette
fossettes
fosseway
fosseways
fossick
fossicked
fossicker
fossickers
fossicking
fossicks

Literary usage of Fossate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Cesare Borgia of France, Duke of Valentinois and Romagna, Prince by Rafael Sabatini (1912)
"Here he paused to demand the release of certain prisoners in the hill fortress of fossate, and to be answered by a refusal. Angered by this resistance of ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1894)
"Surface of posterior cranial bones fossate, but covered with a thin skin. Fontanel reaching base of supraoccipital process, with a narrow bridge opposite ..."

3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1900)
"... satisfactory intermediate between the non-fossate genera and Trogoderma, and it is possible that more care ful observation may there show the antennal ..."

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