About The Word Costa
Learn about the word Costa to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Costa definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Costa
| Costa Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Costa?
[n] 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)
[n] a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing) Synonyms | Synonyms for Costa: rib Related Terms | Find terms related to Costa: See Also | anatomical structure | bodily structure | body structure | bone | complex body part | costal cartilage | craniate | os | structure | true rib | vertebrate Costa In Webster's Dictionary \Cos"ta\ (k[o^]s"t[.a]), n. [L., rib. See {Coast}.]
1. (Anat.) A rib of an animal or a human being.
2. (Bot.) A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The anterior rib in the wing of an insect.
(b) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior
of many corals.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Organic compound ‐ any compound of carbon and another…
- Layup ‐ a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or…
- Teeming with(p) ‐ filled to overflowing with a vast number of moving or especially…
- Freestanding ‐ standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a…
- Cote d'ivoire ‐ a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the…
- Sphacele calycina ‐ California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white…
- Fan tracery ‐ the carved tracery on…
- Apatura ‐ large Old World…
- Hendrik verwoerd ‐ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid…
- Ulysses grant ‐ 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies…