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2. (Zoöl.) The keel of the
breastbone of birds.

Car`i*na"ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. L.
carina keel.] (Zoöl.) A genus of oceanic
heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell,
which covers only the nucleus and gills.

||Car`i*na"tæ (?), n. pl.
[NL., Fem. pl. fr. L. carinatus. See Carinate.]
A grand division of birds, including all existing flying
birds; -- So called from the carina or keel on the
breastbone.

{ Car"i*nate (?), Car"i*na`ted (?) }
a. [L. carinatus, fr. carina
keel.] Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a
carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a
carinate sternum (of a bird).

Car"i*ole (?), n. [F.
carriole, dim. fr. L. carrus. See Car, and
Carryall.] (a) A small, light, open
one-horse carriage. (b) A covered
cart. (c) A kind of calash. See
Carryall.

Car`i*op"sis (?), n.


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