(astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.

A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat. / (botany) Part of a papilionaceous flower consisting of two petals, commonly united, which encloses the organs of fructification.

plural of carina

plural of carina

(astronomy) A stellar system in the constellation of Carina.

Keel-shaped, as in a boat's keel. / (ornithology) Of a bird, having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles. / (botany) Having a carina.

Any bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.

Relating to a carina

A ridge, or similar formation, in the form of a keel.