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单词 carina
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ca•ri•na  (kə rīnə, -rē-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nas, -nae (-nē).USA pronunciation 
  1. Birds, Zoology[Zool.]a keellike part or ridge, esp. a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
  2. Botanythe two conjoined lower petals of a pea or bean flower that enclose the stamen and style. See illus. under papilionaceous. 
  • Latin: keel; compare careen
  • 1695–1705
ca•rinal, adj. 

Ca•ri•na  (kə rīfor 1; kə rēnə, -rī- for 2),USA pronunciation n., [gen.] -nae (-nē)USA pronunciation for 1.
  1. Astronomythe Keel, a southern constellation, containing the bright star, Canopus: one of the constellations into which Argo is divided.
  2. a female given name, form of Carin. 
  • 1695–1705

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
carina /kəˈriːnə -ˈraɪ-/ n ( pl -nae / -niː/, -nas)
  1. a keel-like part or ridge, as in the breastbone of birds or the fused lower petals of a leguminous flower
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin: keel
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