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n. [L. sub, under; carina, keel](ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)In Lepadomorpha, a small, unpaired plate below the carina.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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