COSTAE

COSTA

rib, costa

(noun) any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)

costa

(noun) a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

costae

plural of costa

Anagrams

• Acetos, Catoes, Coates, coates

Source: Wiktionary


COSTA

Cos"ta (ks"t), n. Etym: [L., rib. See Coast.]

1. (Anat.)

Definition: A rib of an animal or a human being.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) The anterior rib in the wing of an insect. (b) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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