cos·ta /ˈkɑstə/
肋骨,肋脈,葉的中肋
cos·ta /ˈkɑstə/ 名詞
(拉)肋,肋骨
Cos·ta n.
1. Anat. A rib of an animal or a human being.
2. Bot. A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.
3. Zool. (a) The anterior rib in the wing of an insect. (b) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.
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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 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) [syn: rib]
[also: costae (pl)]