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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Connected with the sacrum and having the character of a rib.
  • noun A sacrocostal element of a vertebra, or so-called sacral rib.
  • noun In ornithology, specifically, a sacrocostal rib; any rib which articulates with a bird's sacrarium, or complex sacrum.

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