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subcosta

[ suhb-kos-tuh, -kaw-stuh ]

noun

plural subcostae
  1. a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.


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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·Dzt adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of subcosta1

From New Latin, dating back to 1860–65; sub-, costa
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Example Sentences

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Antenodal cross veins: Odonata; extend between costa and subcosta, and between subcosta and media, from the base to the nodus, forming the ante-nodal or ante-cubital cells: = ante-cubital.

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Recurrent vein: in Hemerobiidae, the first branch of the subcosta when it recurves toward the base of the wing.

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Subcostal crossveins: in Odonata, are between subcosta and media on the basal side of the first antecubital.

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Costa: any elevated ridge that is rounded at its crest: the thickened anterior margin of any wing, but usually the primaries: in Comstock, the vein extending along the anterior margin of the wing from base to the point of junction with subcosta.

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Accessory subcostal vein: the vein given off from the subcosta and branching toward the apex of the wing in Perlidae.

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