Costa — synonyms, definition

1. costa (Noun)

rib

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).

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).

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