Costae

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  costae
       See {costa}

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)]