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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ca·ri·na /kəˈraɪnə, ˈri-/
 隆線

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ca·ri·na /kəˈraɪnə, ˈrɪ-/ 名詞
 隆凸,龍骨瓣,龍骨狀突起

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ca·ri·na n.
 1. Bot. A keel. (a) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification. (b) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
 2. Zool. The keel of the breastbone of birds.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Carina
      n 1: a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere;
           contains the start Canopus
      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