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floating ribs

floating ribs is the plural of floating rib.

Meaning of floating rib

Noun

floating rib (plural floating ribs)

  1. Either of the two lowermost (the eleventh and twelfth) pairs of ribs, which are attached only to the vertebrae and not to the sternum or its cartilage.

Questions about floating ribs

What is floating ribs the plural of?
Floating ribs is the plural of floating rib.

Words near floating ribs in the dictionary

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  2. floating point processors
  3. floating rate
  4. floating rates
  5. floating rib
  6. floating ribs
  7. floating screed
  8. floating screeds
  9. floating signifier
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  11. floating someone's boat

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