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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute;
[syn: fovea, fovea centralis]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fovea \Fo"ve*a\, n.; pl. Fove[ae]. [L., a small pit.]
   A slight depression or pit; a fossa.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fovea
    n 1: area consisting of a small depression in the retina
         containing cones and where vision is most acute [syn:
         fovea, fovea centralis]