carina
A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boatA longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
» Canopus is the brightest star in the constellation Carina.
Canopus ist der hellste Stern im Sternbild Kiel des Schiffes.
Canopus ist der hellste Stern im Sternbild Carina.
Meaning
6 sensesA longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
Part of a papilionaceous flower consisting of two petals, commonly united, which encloses the organs of fructification.
The keel of the glume of grasses.
The principal nerve of a sepal.
The keel of the breastbone of birds.
Any of several features that have a projecting central ridge.
- 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
- a keel-shaped constellation in the Southern Hemisphere; contains the star Canopus
Examples
1 sentencesCanopus is the brightest star in the constellation Carina.
deCanopus ist der hellste Stern im Sternbild Kiel des Schiffes.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin carīna (“keel”). Doublet of careen and carene.Borrowed from Latin carīna (“keel”). Doublet of careen and carene.
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Forms
plural: carinas / carinaeWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular