Definition of costa

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Costa (n.) The anterior rib in the wing of an insect.

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Unicostate :: Unicostate (a.) Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.
Curvicostate :: Curvicostate (a.) Having bent ribs.
Triplicostate :: Triplicostate (a.) Three-ribbed.
Crebricostate :: Crebricostate (a.) Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
Laticostate :: Laticostate (a.) Broad-ribbed.
Costa :: Costa (n.) A rib of an animal or a human being.
Accostable :: Accostable (a.) Approachable; affable.
Costardmonger :: Costardmonger (n.) A costermonger.
Exotheca :: Exotheca (n.) The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa..
Costard :: Costard (n.) The head; -- used contemptuously.
Costellate :: Costellate (a.) Finely ribbed or costated.
Supracranial :: Supracostal (a.) Situated above, or on the outside of, the ribs..
Quadricostate :: Quadricostate (a.) Having four ribs.
Costal :: Costal (a.) Relating to a costa, or rib..
Costa :: Costa (n.) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.
Costa :: Costa (n.) A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib..
Flexicostate :: Flexicostate (a.) Having bent or curved ribs.
Costate :: Costate (a.) Alt. of Costate.
Intercostal :: Intercostal (a.) Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles..
Pentecostal :: Pentecostal (a.) Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.
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