Anat., Zool., Bot. [a. L. fovea small pit.] A small depression or pit; esp. a depression of the retina of the eye.
1849. Johnston, in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, II. No. 7. 364. The back uneven with a longitudinal furrow (distinguished by its darker hue) on each side, beginning behind the eye and extended beyond the insertions of the posterior legs terminating in a deeper fovea, and with a foveola near the centre, and two others situated far backwards.
1882. Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 480. In consequence of cell-division and growth the sporangium soon appears as a swelling in the fovea.
