costiferous
English
Etymology
From
costa
+
-i-
+
-ferous
.
Adjective
costiferous
(
not comparable
)
(
anatomy
)
Bearing or having
ribs
.
the
costiferous
dorsal vertebrae
costiferous
vertebrates
References
“
costiferous
”, in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
, Springfield, Mass.:
G. & C. Merriam
,
1913
,
→OCLC
.