Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy: Pertaining to the ribs or the side of the body: as, costal nerves.
- Bearing ribs; costiferous: applied to those vertebræ which bear ribs, and to that part of the sternum to which ribs are attached.
- In entomology, pertaining to the costa or anterior edge of an insect's wing; situated on or near the costa.
- In botany, pertaining to the costa or midrib of a leaf or frond.
- Certain parts of the sternum with which the ribs articulate. They are very prominent in passerine birds. See cut under
carinate . - noun In the articulate crinoids, the lateral plates of the calyx, often fused together.
- noun One of the bony plates borne upon and fusing with the external face of the ribs to form the greater portion of the carapace in turtles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to the ribs or the sides of the body.
- adjective (Bot. & Zoöl.) Relating to a costa, or rib.
- adjective See
Cartilage , andIllust. ofThorax .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to a
rib .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or near a rib
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Examples
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In women the action of the ribs as they rise and fall, is emphasized more than in men, and this we call costal breathing.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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They actually have Toro, and several other that I have only seen in DC or other "costal" towns that can get it easily.
Kotobuki - Review Barbara 2006
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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A mini bus laden with suitcases drives out of the costal city of Benghazi past a rebel checkpoint, as people flee the city fearing an attack by forces loyal to Col.
Gadhafi Loyalists Emerge in Rebel Areas Yaroslav Trofimov 2011
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Probably the last time I was there was in the late 70's to drive through the mountains to get to Xalapa, supposedly to avoid the "terrible" pot holed costal roads just to find blind curved pot holed nearly vertical ones.
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In San Cristobal de las Casas you can buy them by the costal full at the market as the indigenous use them in the churches as carpet.
Pine Needles 2009
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Bolivia and Ecuador are also threatened by glacier melt and Colombia's costal and riverside cities are being wiped out by floods and landslides - disasters that are only expected to get worse, according to a study by the Pew Center on Climate Change.
Glacier melt in Peru becomes more than a climate issue Heather Somerville 2011
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However, I think it is best just to forget them entirely and focus on the real issue of whether or not there is likely to be a rise in sea levels or hurricane intensity and what this will do to the costal poor.
Climate Preferences: Seek Life, Seek Heat, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In San Cristobal de las Casas you can buy them by the costal full at the market as the indigenous use them in the churches as carpet.
Pine Needles 2009
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For example, areas where pinnipeds seals and sea lions have pupping grounds, and often costal points outside of kelp beds, are "hot spots" off California, says Professor Cailliet.
Dr. Douglas Fields: Alarming Increase in Fatal Shark Attacks World-Wide: Science cuts through the hysteria for answers Dr. Douglas Fields 2011
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Bolivia and Ecuador are also threatened by glacier melt and Colombia's costal and riverside cities are being wiped out by floods and landslides - disasters that are only expected to get worse, according to a study by the Pew Center on Climate Change.
Glacier melt in Peru becomes more than a climate issue Heather Somerville 2011
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