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1. 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) 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) Source: ecdict

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animal arches bone bones curved extending humans insect leaf middle pairs part plant rib riblike similar spine sternum thickened toward vein vertebrates wing

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