Carina

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carina \Ca*ri"na\, n. [L., keel.]
     1. (Bot.) 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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) The keel of the breastbone of birds.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Carina
       n 1: a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere;
            contains the start Canopus
       2: 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