costa

Noun costa has 2 senses

• costa(n = noun.body) Array - a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing); Array
is a kind of anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
Derived form adjective costal₁

• costa(n = noun.body) 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); Array
is a part of craniate, vertebrate
is a kind of bone, os
has particulars: true rib
has parts: costal cartilage
Derived form adjective costal₁