CARINA

carina

(noun) any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom

Carina

(noun) a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the star Canopus

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Carina

(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

Etymology 2

Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus, derivative of carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe.

Proper noun

Carina

A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.

Anagrams

• Ancira, Arican, Carian, Ciaran, acinar, arnica, crania, narica

Etymology

Noun

carina (plural carinas or carinae)

A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

(botany) Part of a papilionaceous flower consisting of two petals, commonly united, which encloses the organs of fructification.

(zoology) The keel of the breastbone of birds.

(anatomy) Any of several features that have a projecting central ridge

Anagrams

• Ancira, Arican, Carian, Ciaran, acinar, arnica, crania, narica

Source: Wiktionary

Ca*ri"na, n. Etym: [L., keel.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A keel. (a) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification. (b) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The keel of the breastbone of birds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition