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costa

noun

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)

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5
Starts with
C
Ends with
A
Contains
OS
Scrabble score
7
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. 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)

noun

  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)

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