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Carina

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Noun

1. carina

a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus

2. carina

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 Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Carina

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noun plural -nae (-niː) or -nas
a keel-like part or ridge, as in the breastbone of birds or the fused lower petals of a leguminous flower
nounWord forms: Latin genitive Carinae (kəˈriːniː , -ˈraɪ-)
a large conspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere close to the Southern Cross that contains Canopus, the second brightest star in the sky. It was originally considered part of Argo

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Carina

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noun
a S constellation between Vela and Pictor containing the bright star Canopus
see also Argo (sense 2)
nounWord forms: plural caˈrinas or caˈrinae (kəˈraɪni ; kərīˈnē; kəˈrini ; kərēˈnē)
Biology
a structure or part resembling a keel or ridge, as the projection on the breastbone of a bird

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Carina

see synonyms of carina
n.
A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Volans and Vela that contains the star Canopus.
n. pl. ca·ri·nae (-nē)
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.

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