Costa

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Costa \Cos"ta\ (k[o^]s"t[.a]), n. [L., rib. See {Coast}.]
     1. (Anat.) A rib of an animal or a human being.
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     2. (Bot.) A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  costa
       n 1: a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of
            a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
       2: 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) [syn: {rib}]
       [also: {costae} (pl)]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Costa, WV
    Zip code(s): 25051