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Webster 1913 Edition


Costa


Cos′ta

(kŏs′tȧ)
,
Noun.
[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.
(Zool.)
(a)
The anterior rib in the wing of an insect.
(b)
One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.

Definition 2024


costá

costá

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

Spanish

Verb

costá

  1. (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of costar.