[a. F. fossette dimple, dim. of fosse ditch: see FOSSE.] A little hollow, depression, or dimple; esp. a. Zoöl. (see quot. 1856). b. Path. ‘A small ulcer of the transparent cornea, the centre of which is deep’ (Ogilv.).
1848. Craig, Fossette (French) a little hollow; a dimple.
1852. Dana, Crust., I. 49. Inner antennæ without fossettes, and elongated.
1856–8. W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., I. 178. Cestoïdea.… Mouth none; head usually furnished with fossettes or suctorial oscules. All the individuals hermaphrodite.
1862. Dana, Man. Geol., 273. Showing at to the radiate structure, and the depression or fossette in the star on one side.
