Definition of Costa

  • 1. A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing) Noun
  • 2. 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) Noun

Morphology of "costa"

  • costae

Synonyms for word "costa"

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Hyponims for word "costa"