Defenition of the word costa

• Defenition of the word costa

  • a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
  • any of 24 curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in man and a similar bone in most vertebrates
  • 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)

Synonyms for the word costa

• • rib

Meronymys for the word costa

• • costal cartilage
  • craniate
  • vertebrate

Hyponyms for the word costa

• • true rib

Hypernyms for the word costa

• • anatomical structure
  • bodily structure
  • body structure
  • bone
  • complex body part
  • os
  • structure
  • surname

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