carina
noun
a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
carina
1 American
[kuh-rahy-nuh, -ree-]
/ kəˈraɪ nə, -ˈri- /
noun
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carinas,
plural
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carinae
plural
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Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
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Botany. the two conjoined lower petals of a pea or bean flower that enclose the stamen and style.
Carina
2
American
[kuh-rahy-nuh, kuh-ree-nuh, -rahy-]
/ kəˈraɪ nə, kəˈri nə, -ˈraɪ- /
noun
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Carinae
genitive
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Astronomy. the Keel, a southern constellation, containing the bright star, Canopus: one of the constellations into which Argo is divided.
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a female given name, form of Carin.
Carina
1
British
/ kəˈriːnə, -ˈraɪ- /
noun
carina
2
British
/ kəˈriːnə, -ˈraɪ- /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of carina1
1695–1705; < Latin: keel; cf. careen
Origin of Carina2
First recorded in 1695–1705
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The carina is the last tracheal cartilage and forms a cartilage division between the two bronchi.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The inferior end of the trachea divides into right and left bronchi at an area known as the carina.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The carina is a raised structure that contains specialized nervous tissue that induces violent coughing if a foreign body, such as food, is present.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Valves 2 to 5, minute, remote from each other: scuta with two or three lobes, with their umbones in the middle of the occludent margin: carina arched, upper and lower ends nearly alike.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Valves smooth, thin, transparent; carina rectangularly bent, with the lower part expanded into a flat oblong disc.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Local governments had at least 111 active moratoriums or bans on battery-storage sites as of August, up from 76 in January, according to battery-storage development company Carina Energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“You see a lot of people consuming the minimum, what they need to get by through the week,” said owner Carina Murillo, 31, as she checked out customers on a recent weekday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
He’s jumping to a company founded by one of his former students, Carina Hong, who has the sort of dazzling résumé that would make AI feel insecure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
It is Carina Evans' name that will go down in history as she became the first Ladies' Grand National winner in more than a century.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2024
Their very names were disingenuous, and told you nothing about their contents, their creators, or their managers: Carina, Gemstone, Octans III, Glacier Funding.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Middle pleural area: in Hymenoptera; the median of the three areas between lateral and pleural carinae: = 2d pleural area.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Spiracular area: the anterior of the three areas between lateral and pleural carinae on the metanotum of some Hymenoptera: =first pleural area.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Foot wide; shell turriculated, with carinated whorls, the carinae tuberculated or spiny.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Carinulate: a surface with small and rather numerous carinae.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
External median area: Hymenoptera; the median of the three cells or areas between the median and lateral longitudinal carinae: = second lateral area.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
In the one large group of specimens examined by me, in Mr. Cuming's possession, all were attached symmetrically to the coralline, as in the case of S. vulgare, capitulum upwards, and their carinas outwards.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
There’s indeed something cosmic about “Eta Carinae: Divinatory Claims,” a vast drawing of billowing red specks that takes part of its name from a distant star system.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2022
Figure 22.20 shows a wonderful image of the very massive star Eta Carinae, with a great deal of ejected material clearly visible.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
With a mass at least 100 times that of the Sun, the hot supergiant Eta Carinae is one of the most massive stars known.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Little beyond the fora to the east is the Carinae, a fashionable quarter of beautiful shops and houses, and still further off are the Baths of Titus, extending from the Carinae to the Esquiline Mount.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord
At the street corner, before they started down the slope of the Carinae, they had before them a wide view over the city directly towards the Capitol.
From The Unwilling Vestal by Edward Lucas White
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