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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Costa \Cos"ta\ (k[o^]s"t[.a]), n. [L., rib. See {Coast}.] 1. (Anat.) A rib of an animal or a human being 2. (Bot.) A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib. 3. (Zo["o]l.) a The anterior rib in the wing of an insect. b One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: costa n 1: a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing) 2: any of 24 curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in man and a similar bone in most vertebrates [syn: {rib}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Costa, WV Zip code(s): 25051
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