costa

plural costas · plural costae

1. anatomySynonym of rib.

   Synonyms: rib

2. biologyA 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. biologyThe vein forming the leading edge of most insect wings.

      Synonyms: C

plural Costas · alternative Costas · alternative Dacosta · alternative DaCosta · alternative daCosta · alternative da Costa · alternative Da Costa · alternative dalla Costa · alternative Dalla Costa · alternative dallaCosta · alternative DallaCosta · alternative Dallacosta

1. A surname from the Romance languages.

   Although Costa retained his contacts with the royal family, Gye was able to develop his own close relationship with the operaphile Prince of Wales, for whose mistress Pauline Lucca he occasionally rescheduled the programme.

   2016, John Goulden, Michael Costa: England's First Conductor, →ISBN

   1. A surname from Italian.

      Coccinelle, the flamboyant star of a female-impersonation revue at the Carrousel Club in Paris, recounted the saga of her physical transformation to Italiaan journalist Mario Costa.

      2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 82

   2. A surname from Galician.
   3. A surname from French.
   4. A surname from Occitan.
   5. A surname from Spanish.
   6. A Catalonian surname from Catalan.
   7. A surname from Portuguese.
2. UKinformalThe Spanish coast as a holiday or retirement destination, especially resort areas such as the Costa Blanca, Costa Brava and the Costa del Sol.

   Riviera, a small town on Spain's southern coast, was empty of tourists, who had long gone back to their jobs and mundane lives, their Costa holiday a faded summer's dream.

   2013 February 28, Patricia Scanlan, With All My Love, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN