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carinate

Adjective

car=i=nate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

carinate(n = noun.animal) carinate bird, flying bird - birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles; Array

is a kind of bird

has parts: keel

Derived form adjective carinate₁

Antonym: ratite

carinate(a = adj.ppl) carinated, keeled, ridged - having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship; "a carinate sepal"

Derived form noun carinate₁

carinate, a. [L. carinatus, fr. carina keel.].

Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird). [1913 Webster]

carinate, adj. (of a bird) having a keeled breastbone (opp. RATITE).

Etymology

L carinatus keeled f. carina keel

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