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COSTAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or near a rib

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Pertainym:

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))

Derivation:

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))

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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