carina
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
Botany. the two conjoined lower petals of a pea or bean flower that enclose the stamen and style.
Origin of carina
1Other words from carina
- ca·ri·nal, adjective
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Other definitions for Carina (2 of 2)
Astronomy. the Keel, a southern constellation, containing the bright star, Canopus: one of the constellations into which Argo is divided.
a female given name, form of Carin.
Origin of Carina
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How to use carina in a sentence
This collection of dust and gas is part of the huge carina nebula.
Awesome! Here are the James Webb Space Telescope’s first pictures | Lisa Grossman | August 19, 2022 | Science News For StudentsThe Hubble Space Telescope has imaged carina before, but never in the dazzling detail Webb has provided.
These 5 Photos From the James Webb Space Telescope Are Mind-Blowing. Here's What They Can Tell Us | Jeffrey Kluger | July 13, 2022 | Time“When things started to quiet down, my mom put all of us in the car and started to drive to Saigon,” says carina.
Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus | Katie Baker | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLike carina, she remembers a ghastly scene once the American soldiers withdrew.
Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus | Katie Baker | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It was hard, because nobody could take 10 people and keep them,” carina says.
Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus | Katie Baker | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Now, as a parent herself, carina marvels at the sacrifices her own mother and father made.
Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus | Katie Baker | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFinally, in the spring of 1979, carina saw her own opportunity.
Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus | Katie Baker | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt seemed a pity to send them away uncomforted, when the look and the touch cost carina so little.
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth BoyesenThe pastor held out his hand to receive carina, who stared at him with large pleading eyes out of the grizzly wolf-skin coat.
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth BoyesenIt was on the sixth day after Atle's visit that the pastor, sitting alone in his study, called carina to him.
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen"No, no; you mustn't bring him here," said Agnes, seeing by carina's face that she was on the point of yielding.
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesencarina, who formerly had run so eagerly into his arms, stood hesitating, as if she hoped to be excused.
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
British Dictionary definitions for carina (1 of 2)
/ (kəˈriːnə, -ˈraɪ-) /
a keel-like part or ridge, as in the breastbone of birds or the fused lower petals of a leguminous flower
Origin of carina
1British Dictionary definitions for Carina (2 of 2)
/ (kəˈriːnə, -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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