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 some specimens in the British Museum, without any given locality, I have observed considerable variation in the breadth of the carinal and rostral latera.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
The occludent margin is curved, and blends by a regular sweep into the carinal margin, so that there is no acute upper angle.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
The upper point generally stands a little above that of the carinal latera.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Terga, large, flat, triangular; carinal margin slightly hollowed out; occludent margin slightly arched, with a small portion protuberant to a variable amount.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Terga, large, flat, triangular, basal point blunt, with the carinal margin slightly hollowed out, and the scutal margin protuberant.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
