Costa Definition

kŏstə
costae
noun
costae
A rib.
Webster's New World
A riblike part, as the thickened fore edge of an insect's wing or the central vein of a leaf.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Costa

  • From Latin costa (cognate with coast).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin kost- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Costa Sentence Examples

  • Sir Michael Costa was the conductor 1846-1854, and from his acceptance of that high pitch the fork became known as Costa's, and its inception was attributed to him, though on insufficient grounds.

  • Negotiations were soon opened which quickly led to the resignation of Costa, and the return of the insurgents to their homes.

  • In 1462 de Sintra returned with another Portuguese captain, Sueiro da Costa, and penetrated as far as Cape Palmas and the Cavalla river.

  • Southern examples from Costa Rica and Veragua have the tail-coverts much narrower, and have been considered to form a distinct species, P. costaricensis.

  • 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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Words Starting With

CCOCOS

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ATASTA

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Words Starting With C and Ending With A

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