Costa
nounid
32426·updated May 18, 2026verified
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)
polysemous
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- rib
- plural
- Costas
- possessive
- Costa's
- pluralpossessive
- Costas'
Framework definitions
- §1
- 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)
- §2
- a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
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