carinae

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See also: Carinae

English

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Noun

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carinae

  1. plural of carina
    • 2001 November 16, Paul C. Sereno et al., “The Giant Crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa”, in Science[1], volume 294, number 5546, →DOI, pages 1516–1519:
      Both upper and lower crowns have carinae fore and aft but are otherwise smooth and remarkably stout (Fig. 2 E).
    • 1997 June 6, Jose L. Sanz et al., “A Nestling Bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain: Implications for Avian Skull and Neck Evolution”, in Science[2], volume 276, number 5318, →DOI, pages 1543–1546:
      The teeth are devoid of carinae, lacking any kind of ornamentation.
    • 1859, Various, Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3[3]:
      Yellow; the antennae fuscous above, also a fuscous cloud at the apex of the anterior wings, the wings hyaline with the nervures black; a spot on the scape within, and three longitudinal stripes on the mesothorax, black; the latter slightly punctured anteriorly; the metathorax smooth and shining, with three oblique carinae on each side, and a small subovate enclosed space in the middle of the disk.

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Latin

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carīnae

  1. inflection of carīna:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive/dative singular

References

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  • carinae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • carinae”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press