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costa
1[ kos-tuh, kaw-stuh ]
noun
- a rib or riblike part.
- the midrib of a leaf in mosses.
- a ridge.
- Entomology.
- Also called costal vein. a vein, usually marginal, in the anterior portion of the wing of certain insects.
- Also called costal margin. the anterior edge or border of the wing of certain insects.
Costa
2[ kaw-stuh ]
noun
- ³¢ÃºÂ·³¦¾±´Ç [loo, -syoo], 1902–98, Brazilian architect, chief designer of Brasilia.
costa
/ ˈ°ìÉ’²õ³ÙÉ™ /
noun
- the technical name for rib 1
- a riblike part, such as the midrib of a plant leaf
costa
/ °ìŲõ′³ÙÉ™ /
, Plural costae °ìŲõ′³Ùŧ
- A rib or a riblike part, such as the midrib of a leaf or a thickened anterior vein or margin of an insect's wing.
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦´Ç²õ³Ù²¹±ô, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è²õ±ð³Ü·»å´Ç·³¦´Ç²õ·³Ù²¹ noun plural pseudocostae
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of costa1
Example Sentences
That’s why the doctor, who spoke neither English nor Russian, had spent the last year gesticulating diagnoses for interpreters whose knowledge of Italian was limited to “quanto costa†and “non capisco.â€
"Quanto costa?" he says, louder, and points towards a Wrecking Ball shirt.
What TÂ costae lacks in details of its biology, it makes up for in its contribution to the evolutionary history of its genus.
Fruit from an oval cavity in the costa.
In this position the outer margin of the wing is the costa, the inner the dorsum, and the hind-margin the termen.
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