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Webster 1913 Edition

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(kŏs′tȧ)

Noun.

[L., rib. See

(Anat.)

A rib of an animal or a human being.

(Bot.)

A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.

(Zool.)

(a)

The anterior rib in the wing of an insect.

(b)

One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.

See also: costa, Costa, cósta, costá, costâ, and cô ta

costà

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