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costas

costas is the plural of costa.

Meaning of costa

Noun

costa (plural costas or costae)

  1. Synonym of rib.
    Synonyms:
    rib
  2. A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a midrib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.
    1. The vein forming the leading edge of most insect wings.

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Proper noun capitalized: Costas

Costas

  1. (plural) plural of Costa

Phrases with costas

Questions about costas

What is costas the plural of?
Costas is the plural of costa.
What part of speech is costas?
Costas is a proper noun.

Words near costas in the dictionary

  1. costards
  2. costarred
  3. costarring
  4. costars
  5. COSTART
  6. costas
  7. costate
  8. costated
  9. costately
  10. costatement
  11. costatements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: costas (page history and authors); Costas (page history and authors); costa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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