costa

Wing's leading vein

Costa is the Latin and Romance-language word for coast or rib, appearing in English mainly through place names and borrowed terms.

In anatomy and botany, a costa is a rib or rib-like structure—the midrib of a leaf or a vein in an insect's wing.

The plural is costae.

Related forms include costal (costal cartilage) and intercostal (intercostal muscles).

anatomy

rib

Curved chest bone

cartilage · ribcage · thoracic · bone · fracture · vertebrae · clavicle · scapula · pleura · skeleton

coastline

shoreline

Land-water boundary

intertidal · strandline · cliffed · headland · cove · bay · gulf · estuary · peninsula · promontory

beach

sand

Fine rock particles

umbrella · towel · seashells · tide · dunes · palm trees · bikini · sunscreen · tourists · lifeguard

Spanish

Spanish

Language of Iberia

promenade · paella · sangria · tapas · siesta · fiesta

economics

curve

Smooth, angleless line

  • supplyFurnish or stock
  • demandForceful request or requirement
  • priceMonetary value assigned

quantity · equilibrium · elasticity · marginal · utility · cost · production · microeconomics · graph · slope

Phrases
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costal, intercostal

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