[a. F. fossane; French travellers give foussa as the native name.] A species of weasel or genet, found in Madagascar, etc.
1771. Pennant, Synopsis of Quadrupeds, 237. Weesel … Fossane. W. with a slender body: rounded ears: black eyes: body and legs covered with cinereous hair, mixed with tawny.
1855–82. in Ogilvie.
