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Carnic

Carnic \Car"nic\ (k[aum]r"n[i^]k), a. [L. caro, carnis, flesh.] Of or pertaining to flesh; specif. (Physiol. Chem.), pertaining to or designating a hygroscopic monobasic acid, C10H15O5N3, obtained as a cleavage product from an acid of muscle tissue. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||

Usage examples of "carnic".

Italian Gaul over the Carnic Alps, which will put them at Tergeste, with Aquileia not far away.

These mountains are generally called the Julian Alps, the name Carnic Alps being reserved for the mountains of the modern Austrian Tyrol.

I have simply extended that name Carnic Alps to cover the Julian Alps as well.