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Look up: fossa

  1. fossa
    A long, narrow, shallow depression.
    Found on http://www.solarviews.com/eng/terms.htm

  2. fossa
    Latin, meaning: ditch, trench, channel, moat
    Found on http://archives.nd.edu/fff.htm

  3. Fossa
    The fossa is a large carnivorous mammal found in Madagascar. It is about the size of an otter, but is related to the civet and mongoose. It is brown in colour, has a long tail, short legs, teeth like a cat's and lives mainly in trees feeding on birds and small mammals.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. fossa
    [n] - monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets 2. [n] - largest carnivore of Madagascar
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Fossa
    a shallow depression on the lingual (tongue) surfaces of some front teeth.
    Found on http://www.cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/

  6. fossa
    A ditch. Although the typical Roman military ditch had a regular V-like profile, termed by Hyginus a fossa fastigata, there were other types of ditch employed. Ditches with a W-like profile may either be of the cippus type, or represent subsequent recuttings of a normal V-profile ditch on a slightly different line. The fossa punica was another well...
    Found on http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/temetfutue/gl

  7. Fossa
    Ditch.
    Found on http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/glo_

  8. Fossa
    A hollow, e.g. the space above and below the collar bone and the space in front of the elbow
    Found on http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/Arc

  9. Fossa
    A hollow area.
    Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/docs/GLOSSA

  10. fossa
    largest carnivore of Madagascar Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a cavity,depression or pit Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  11. Fossa
    Fos'sa noun ; plural FossÆ . [ Latin , a ditch. See Fosse .] (Anat.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossæ containing the nostrils in most birds.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/67

  12. fossa
    Origin: L, a ditch. See Fosse. ... <anatomy, ornithology> A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. Fossa
    genus Fossa noun monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. fossa
    Cryptoprocta ferox noun largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. Fossa
    `Fossa` is the Latin word for `ditch` or `trench`. It can refer to one of the following:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossa

  16. fossa
    (fos´ә) pl. fos´sae Latin word meaning trench. In anatomy, it is used for a hollow or depressed area.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  17. fossa
    largest carnivore native to Madagascar, a catlike forest dweller of the civet family, Viverridae. The fossa grows to a length of about 1.5 metres (5 ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/50

  18. fossa
    A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part. [L. a trench or ditch]
    Found on


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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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