| Meaning | Of or relating to or near a rib. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | anatomy, general anatomy | The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
| Spanish | costal | |
| Catalan | costal | |
| Nouns | 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) |
| rib, costa | 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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