About The Word Carina
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Carina
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What's The Definition Of Carina?
[n] 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
[n] a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus Synonyms | Synonyms for Carina: Related Terms | Find terms related to Carina: See Also | anatomical structure | Argo | bodily structure | body structure | Canopus | carina fornicis | complex body part | constellation | keel | structure Carina In Webster's Dictionary \Ca*ri"na\, n. [L., keel.]
1. (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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The keel of the breastbone of birds.
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