Carinal


Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
Botany. the two conjoined lower petals of a pea or bean flower that enclose the stamen and style.
Historical Examples

The basal margin on the carinal side of the spur is sometimes a little hollowed out.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) Charles Darwin

Scuta.The scuta and carinal half of the terga are blueish-green.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) Charles Darwin

The lines of growth are upturned along the carinal margin, which consequently is a little protuberant, but to a varying degree.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) Charles Darwin

The carinal half of the basal margin generally forms an angle with the spur of only a little above a rectangle.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) Charles Darwin

The crests for the carinal depressor muscle are barely developed.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) Charles Darwin

The carinal margin of the valve is just perceptibly bowed, and is formed by rectangularly upturned lines of growth.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) Charles Darwin

Tergum with the carinal half of the basal margin sometimes much hollowed out.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) Charles Darwin

Terga with the spur bluntly pointed; nearly the whole basal margin, on the carinal side, slopes towards the spur.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) Charles Darwin

The occludent margin is curved, and blends by a regular sweep into the carinal margin, so that there is no acute upper angle.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2) Charles Darwin

The carinal margins of the compartments project a little inwards.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) Charles Darwin

noun (pl) -nae (-niː), -nas
a keel-like part or ridge, as in the breastbone of birds or the fused lower petals of a leguminous flower
noun (Latin genitive) Carinae (kəˈriːniː; -ˈraɪ-)
a large conspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere close to the Southern Cross that contains Canopus, the second brightest star in the sky. It was originally considered part of Argo

carina ca·ri·na (kə-rī’nə, -rē’-)
n. pl. ca·ri·nae (-nē)
A keel-shaped ridge or structure, such as the ridge on the under surface of the fornix of the brain.

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