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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costa::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | complex body part, structure, body structure, bodily structure, anatomical structure |
| Derivation | costal |
Examples of costa
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The EMS system in OC is the best of the best and costa mesa has no clue,how sad.
From the ocregister.com
Costa, who moves over from left guard, is one of the Terps'few known quantities.
From the washingtontimes.com
Costa Rica get forward for the first time and have a throw deep in US territory.
From the guardian.co.uk
Costa is in the news for all the wrong reasons, but is it just free advertising?
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Costa has a computerised system which ensures all passengers undergo this drill.
From the guardian.co.uk
Costa is chairman of Lazards International, and Rucker heads Lazards in London.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Costa was to be the next big Nike billboard, but that was two knee surgeries ago.
From the latimes.com
Costa, too, sits comfortably on a 51% to 33% Democratic registration advantage.
From the fresnobee.com
Costa began designing the women's collection in 2004, after Klein's retirement.
From the washingtonpost.com
- A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
- Rib: 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)
- Costa! is a 2001 Dutch film from BNN. It was the first movie that used several famous Dutch soap stars. Other movies that used soap actors, were Volle maan and Honeyz.
- Costa, sometimes Da Costa or da Costa, is a Portuguese and Spanish surname commonly found in Portugal, Barcelona, Brazil, and other lusophone nations. It is also a very common name in Italy (particularly in Liguria, Piedmont and Sardinia) and, because of Italian immigration, in Argentina. ...
- In vertebrate anatomy, ribs (Latin: costae) are the long curved bones which form the rib cage. In most tetrapods, ribs surround the chest, enabling the lungs to expand and thus facilitate breathing by expanding the chest cavity. They serve to protect the lungs, heart, and other internal organs of the thorax...
- (Costae) Ornamental ridges that run from the pointed portion of the shell outward, toward the margins of the valves, but ate not reflected on the interior of the shell. See Aviculopecten, a marine clam.
- (pl. costae, adj. costate) (Iversen and Troels-Smith, 1950)
- The major axis of the pinna. Subdivided by forking into equal or unequal sections. Each subsection is designated by a Greek letter starting from the apex (ultimate leaflet) and proceeding proximally towards the rachis/stipe.
- A vein in the front edge of the wings. In some species this may be coloured.
