carina
noun
a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
carinal
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a word derived from
carina.
Example Sentences
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In L. Valentiana, there is a second furrow on the carinal side of the tergum, receiving the upper end of the corium-covered or growing surface of the carina.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Hermaph.—Valves and spines on the peduncle yellowish: basal angle of the terga, viewed internally, blunt, owing to the lower carinal margin being more protuberant than the scutal margin.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Finally, the basal half of the carinal margin, runs in the same line with the basal margin of the scuta.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
The freely projecting portion is generally curled inwards, and the carinal portion more or less outwards,—the form of the letter S being thus approached; but the curvatures are not exactly in the same plane.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Infra-median Latera nearly equalling in area the upper latera; not descending so low down as the rostral and carinal latera; outline of lower half semi-oval, of upper half rectangular.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
