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What is the noun for carina?

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carina
  1. A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
  2. (botany) Part of a papilionaceous flower consisting of two petals, commonly united, which encloses the organs of fructification.
  3. (zoology) The keel of the breastbone of birds.
  4. (anatomy) Any of several features that have a projecting central ridge
  5. Examples:
    1. “They are concentrated in the carina and primary bronchi, and are also believed to be cough receptors.”
      “The trachea, carina, right and left lobar and segmental bronchi were examined and were normal.”
      “The inner carina is thin when present and may be expressed as a line of raised, unjoined, reticulate interspaces.”
carinula
  1. (biology) A small carina.
carinae
  1. plural of carina
carinas
  1. plural of carina
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