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nouna keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the star Canopuspart of:
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nounany 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
Definition that contains carina
- 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
- vela a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis
- carinal relating to or resembling a carina
- acarus any of several mites of the order Acarina
- volans a small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Carina
- genus acarus any of several mites of the order Acarina