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    costa
    noun
    a rib or riblike part.
  • Costa
    Costa
    noun
    Lúcio 1902–98, Brazilian architect, chief designer of Brasilia.

costa

1 American  
[kos-tuh, kaw-stuh] / ˈkɒs tə, ˈkɔ stə /

noun

plural

costae
  1. a rib or riblike part.

  2. the midrib of a leaf in mosses.

  3. a ridge.

  4. Entomology.

    1. Also called costal vein.  a vein, usually marginal, in the anterior portion of the wing of certain insects.

    2. Also called costal margin.  the anterior edge or border of the wing of certain insects.


Costa 2 American  
[kaw-stuh] / ˈkɔ stə /

noun

  1. Lúcio 1902–98, Brazilian architect, chief designer of Brasilia.


costa British  
/ ˈkɒstə /

noun

  1. the technical name for rib 1

  2. a riblike part, such as the midrib of a plant leaf

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

costa Scientific  
/ kŏstə /

plural

costae
  1. 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.


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of costa

1865–70; < Latin: rib, side. See coast

Example Sentences

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Algunas de las primeras especies tenían extremidades cortas y probablemente vivían como focas, cazando peces y arrastrándose hasta la costa para reproducirse.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2023

“Tenemos que evitar a toda costa cualquier deportación no criminal mientras lo resolvemos”, escribió.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2019

Tres amigos de California se dirigen a la costa australiana para un encuentro con grandes tiburones blancos dentro de una jaula.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019

El hombre los dejó en un lugar en Chula Vista, California, y les dijo que esperaran por un camión que los llevaría a la costa, donde podrían encontrar trabajo.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2018

Fruit from an oval cavity in the costa.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

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