Home › Words › B › basicostabasicostabasicosta means the distal plate in the axillary area of the wing of an insect along which the costa of the wing articulates.EtymologyFrom basi- + costa.nounThe distal plate in the axillary area of the wing of an insect along which the costa of the wing articulatesDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.subcosta 68% match — The first major vein behind the costa on an insect wing vs basicosta →antecosta 65% match — An internal ridge, near the anterior margin of a dorsal or ventral plate of the primitive segment of an arthropod, to which muscles are attached vs basicosta →basicostal 61% match — Relating to the basicosta. vs basicosta →basisternum 59% match — The anterior of the two sternal skeletal plates of insects vs basicosta →coxosternite 59% match — A basal plate making up the maxillae in some insects or the first pair of legs of Chilopoda, formed from the fused coxae of each leg plus the ventral body plate, the sternite. vs basicosta →arculus 58% match — A crossvein between the radius and cubitus near the base of the wing in certain insects vs basicosta →coxosternum 58% match — Part of the sternum of an arthropod, adjacent with the coxa. vs basicosta →postfurca 57% match — One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect vs basicosta →