Definition of costa

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Costa (n.) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.

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Pentecostals :: Pentecostals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost..
Costa :: Costa (n.) A rib of an animal or a human being.
Subcostal :: Subcostal (a.) Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles..
Costard :: Costard (n.) An apple, large and round like the head..
Costal :: Costal (a.) Pertaining to the ribs or the sides of the body; as, costal nerves..
Sternohyoid :: Sternocostal (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, the sternocostal cartilages..
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..
Costal-nerved :: Costal-nerved (a.) Having the nerves spring from the midrib.
Multicostate :: Multicostate (a.) Having numerous ribs, or costae, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals..
Costa :: Costa (n.) The anterior rib in the wing of an insect.
Accostable :: Accostable (a.) Approachable; affable.
Unicostate :: Unicostate (a.) Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.
Laticostate :: Laticostate (a.) Broad-ribbed.
Costate :: Costate (a.) Alt. of Costate.
Costellate :: Costellate (a.) Finely ribbed or costated.
Curvicostate :: Curvicostate (a.) Having bent ribs.
Supracranial :: Supracostal (a.) Situated above, or on the outside of, the ribs..
Quadricostate :: Quadricostate (a.) Having four ribs.
Costa :: Costa (n.) A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib..
Vertebro- :: Vertebro- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, a vertebra, vertebrae, or vertebral column; as in vertebrocostal..
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