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Carina

noun

(pl. carinae, carinas)

A keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus.

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.

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"Carina" Quotes from Famous Books

... child's sake. But the novelty wore off from this new plaything, as it had from the others, though it lasted longer than anything else ever had, and then Ralph's absences from the ranch became more and more frequent and of longer duration. I cared little for this, as it enabled me to take Carina to my father's ranch, where I forgot for the time being the emptiness of the home to which we must ...

— The Lever - A Novel • William Dana Orcutt

... "Forgive me, carina mia" he cried, repentantly. "I did not mean to reproach you. You cannot help being beautiful—it is the fault of God or the devil that you are so, and that your beauty maddens me! You are the heart of my heart, the soul of my soul! Oh, Nina mia, let us not waste words ...

— Vendetta - A Story of One Forgotten • Marie Corelli

Words linked to "Carina" : keel, constellation, complex body part, body structure, anatomical structure, Canopus, bodily structure, Argo, structure