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nounany 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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nouna riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
Definition that contains costa
- colon the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
- pentecostal of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members
- pentecostal any member of a Pentecostal religious body
- gunboat a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols
- centimo a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain
- musculophrenic artery an artery that supplies the abdomen and intercostal muscles
- costa rican colon the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
- adelie coast a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia; noted for its large colonies of penguins
- vena musculophrenica veins that drain the upper abdominal wall and the lower intercostal spaces and the abdomen
- pentecostalism the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues