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carina definition

ca·rina (kə rī′nə, -rē′-)

noun pl. carinas -·nas or carinae -·nae (-nē)

Biol. a structure or part resembling a keel or ridge, as the projection on the breastbone of a bird

Etymology: ModL < L, keel: see careen

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Carina definition

Ca·rina (kə rī′nə, -rē′-)

noun

a S constellation between Vela and Pictor containing the bright star Canopus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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