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
costae
plural of costa
• Acetos, Catoes, Coates, coates
Source: Wiktionary
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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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