| NOUN | body | costa | a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing) |
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| body | costa, rib | 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) |
| Sounds | kao'stah | |
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| Rhymes | Alberta ... zeta: 71 rhymes with tah... | |
| Meaning | A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing). | |
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| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
| Adjectives | costal | of or relating to or near a rib |
| Meaning | 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). | |
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| Synonym | rib | |
| Category | vertebrate, craniate | animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium |
| Part of | vertebrate, craniate | animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium |
| Parts | costal cartilage | The cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs |
| Narrower | true rib | One of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum |
| Broader | bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
| Spanish | costilla | |
| Catalan | costella | |
| Adjectives | costal | of or relating to or near a rib |
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