Car´diac, a. Pertaining to the heart.
Cari´na, n. Keel; under ridge, as if a keel.
Car´inate, a. Keeled; ridged beneath as if keeled; having a keel, as the sternum of most birds.
Car´inate (birds), n. Those possessing a keeled sternum; the group Carinatæ as contrasted with Ratitæ.
Car´neous, a. Fleshy.
Carniv´orous, a. Flesh-eating.
Carot´id (artery), a. for n. The principal bloodvessel of the neck, single in most birds, sometimes paired as in mammalia.
Car´pal, a. Pertaining to the wrist.
Car´pal An´gle, n. Prominence formed at the wrist-joint when the wing is closed. It is practically an important point regionally, since the universally used measurement, “length of wing,” is from this point to the end of the longest quill.
Car´pus, n. The wrist; especially its bones.