carinae

See also: Carinae

English

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• acarine, acraein

Latin

Noun

carīnae

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

References

• “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