Usually means: Functional group containing carbon, oxygen.
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  1. Carbonyl: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry

(Note: See carbonylic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (carbonyl)

noun:  (organic chemistry) A divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.
noun:  (inorganic chemistry) Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)₄.

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