Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A keel-shaped ridge or structure, such as that on the breastbone of a bird or of the fused lower two petals of flowers of many members of the pea family.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun pl. carinæ (-nē). [L., the keel of a boat: see
careen .] A keel. - noun An intermediate piece, between the tergum and the scutum, of the multivalve carapace of a cirriped, as a barnacle or an acorn-shell. See cuts under
Balanus and Lepas . - noun [capitalized] In astronomy, one of the four parts into which the constellation Argo is divided. See
Argo . - noun One of the vertical cross-bars on the septa of a coral.
- noun In entomology, any keel-like elevation of the body-wall of an insect, as the pronotal carina of many grasshoppers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A keel.
- noun That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification.
- noun A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
- noun (Zoöl.) The keel of the breastbone of birds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
longitudinal ridge orprojection like thekeel of aboat . - noun botany Part of a
papilionaceous flower consisting of twopetals , commonly united, whichencloses theorgans offructification . - noun zoology The
keel of thebreastbone ofbirds .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The septum between the right and left main bronchi, termed the carina, is situated to the left of the midtracheal line.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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The lower petal is fhaped like a boat, and is called carina or the keel: the upper petal, which ipreads and rifes upwards, is called vexillum, flandard or banner: the two fide ones {land fmgly, being feparated by the keel, and are called a!
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Anybody with a Democratic bone in their body thought that was the best speech they have seen a President give in recent history. carina
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If a dem had done it during a W speech we would never hear the end of it. carina in ga
First on the Ticker: GOP heckler blasted by 2010 challenger 2009
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Time to drive the angry Repukes into the back woods. carina
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Looked rather lame, and angst ridden. carina omg twilight is gonna be awsome!!!! they changed some parts too ... sssswwweeet!!! aahhhh 1 more month to go ... well for me 2 months (grrrr)
SCREAM 2008: Friday the 13th and Twilight Footage | /Film 2008
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The Celestia program download it and then get eta carina from the motherlode site says the nebula has a diameter of 732 AU – for comparison the short end of the heliopause is 80-100 AU
MN112 – A New Luminous Blue Variable Found From Its Nebula? | Universe Today 2010
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I believe in personality carina - fairfield, Connecticut
I believe in personality carina 2009
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“Naihah” more generally “Naddábah” Lat. præfica or carina, a hired mourner, the Irish “Keener” at the conclamatio or coronach, where the Hullabaloo, Hulululu or
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Princeton e' molto molto carina e molto molto piccola - due strade principali e le traverse residenziali - e anche piuttosto priva di negozi utili.
Archive 2008-10-01 Ra 2008
chained_bear commented on the word carina
usage note on symphysis
March 14, 2008
bilby commented on the word carina
'organs of fructification' sounds kinda naughty.
July 26, 2017