a. Zool. and Bot. [f. prec. + -AL.] Pertaining to the carina; see prec.
1869. Oliver, Elem. Bot., II. 181. The … carinal ridges, are opposite to the stamens.
1872. H. A. Nicholson, Palæont., 151. The carinal Margin.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vi. 292. The carinal and the rostral compartments.
