carina

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carina (dest)
carina (enc)

Noun	1.	Carina - a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus Argo - formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela Canopus - supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky constellation - a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
	2.	carina - 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 anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical structure; "he has good bone structure" carina fornicis - ridge on the lower surface of the fornix of the brain keel - the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly

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