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caries |
carillon |
carillon playing |
carillonneur |
carina
| carina fornicis
| carinal
| carinaria
| carinatæ
| carinate
carina
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun carina has 2 senses
- carina(n = noun.object) Array - a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus; Array is a part of argo
- carina(n = noun.body) Array - 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; Array is a kind of anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
is a kind of constellation
has particulars: carina fornicis, keel
CIDE DICTIONARY
carina, n. [L., keel.].
- A keel [1913 Webster]
- The keel of the breastbone of birds. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
carina, n. Biol. a keel-shaped structure, esp. the ridge of a bird's breastbone.
Derivative
carinal adj.
Etymology
L, = keel
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