kostera
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Polish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Dialectal form of kostyra, from kość.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kostera f
- boxfish, cofferfish, ostraciid (member of the Ostraciidae)
- (archaic) avid, often dishonest, dice or card player
- (archaic) malicious or miserly person
- (archaic) thin or skeletal woman
Declension[edit]
Declension of kostera
References[edit]
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kostera”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Further reading[edit]
- kostera in Polish dictionaries at PWN