Fovea

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small cuplike depression or pit in a bone or organ.
  • n. The fovea centralis.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ.
  • n. The retinal fovea, or fovea centralis, responsible for sharp central vision.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A slight depression or pit; a fossa.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In anatomy and zoology, a depression or shallow pit in a surface, generally more or less rounded.
  • n. In botany, a depression or pit; especially, a depression on the upper surface of the leaf-sheath in Isoetes, in which the sporangium is formed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    region    area   
    Variant
    foveae   
    Form
    foveal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fossa   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    exuviae    concha    referent    here-i    butto    could'st    whichwill    it-to    insectile    seperation