carina

Noun
  1. A keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere;
    Contains the star Canopus (synset 109258984)
    is an instance of: constellation - a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
    member holonym: canopus - supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky
    is a part of: 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
  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 (synset 105234539)
    is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
    subtypes:
    • carina fornicis - ridge on the lower surface of the fornix of the brain
    • keel - the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly

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