Thesaurus: costa

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1. n. A rib of an animal or a human being.
2. n. A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.
3. n. The anterior rib in the wing of an insect.
4. n. One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.
5. n. a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
6. n. 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)
7. 1. (Anat.) A rib of an animal or a human being. 2. (Bot.) 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.
8. n. a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)