carina
noun
a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
carinas
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pluralof carina.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
