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Entry (1/3)1  fosa
Part of speech  2  noun
Derivatives 
3  Active verbs :
4  Passive verbs :
5  Relative verbs :
6  Names :
Explanations in Malagasy  7  Filazana kileman' olona tsy eo imasony, fanambarana ny toetran' ny hafa mba hanaratsiana azy [1.1]
Explanations in English  8  backbiting, calumniating, scandalizing. Comp. endrikendrika, manaratsy [1.2]
Explanations in French  9  diffamation, dénigrement, rapports faits en cachette et souvent exagérés, médisance [1.3#188]
Compound words 
Proverbs  11  Proverbs containing the word fosa

Entry (2/3)12  fôsa
Part of speech  13  noun
Vocabulary  14  Time
Explanations in Malagasy  15  volana fahadimy amin'ny taona [Taisaka, Tanosy] [1.78]
Explanations in French  16  mois de mai [Taisaka] [1.82]
Examples  17  ny fosa dia ho Adaoro ny Maka dia ho Adizaoza [2.113#]
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Entry (3/3)38  fosa
Part of speech  39  noun
Vocabulary  40  Zoology: mammals
Explanations in Malagasy  41  Biby mpihina-nofombiby hafa, mitovy habe amin' ny alika ary mitovy endrika amin' ny saka; manja mena ny volony ary mena ny masony; loza raha hiani-kazo; tsy mivoaka raha tsy amin' ny alina andripahany ny akoho amam-borona [1.1]
Explanations in English  42  "A small and graceful cat-like animal peculiar to Madagascar (both the genus and the family of which it is the sole member are confined to the island), formerly classed among the Viverridae, but now considered to form a distinct family between the cats and civets." It is a plantigrade animal and extremely ferocious. Cryptoprocta ferox , Benn. Probably the same as pintsala. Also the name of a species of civet, of a peculiar genus, D'Aubenton's fossane. Fossa d'Aubentonii, Gray. [1.2]
43  a Malagasy carnivore something like a large mink [1.7]
Explanations in French  44  Cryptoprocta ferox, petit carnassier [Taisaka] [1.82]
45  genette fossane [1.54]
46  carnivore malagasy, espèce de genette [1.8]
47  fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) [4.22]
Examples  48  Vory teo daholo hono ireo biby rehetra ireo tamin' io : ny fosa, ny akanga, ny papango. [1.508#]
49  nefa ny vorona sy ny araboa-dia, ny fosa, ny kary, nikarenjy tamin' ireny boalaboala ireny. [1.437#]
50  Fony izy mbola teto, saiky lany tamingana ny lambo sy ny fosa fa ny tsy matin' ny bala, voan' ny fandrika. [2.529#]
Scientific name 
Proverbs  52  Proverbs containing the word fosa
Illustrations 
53 

Anagrams  54  fosa, fôsa, safo, fosa, fôsa, safo

Updated on 2024/10/30