carina Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus
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noun any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom
WordNet
Ca*ri"na noun
Etymology
L., keel.Definitions
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(Bot.) A keel .(a) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification .(b) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat. -
(Zoöl.) The keel of the breastbone of birds.
