Carinate: Definition with Carinate Pictures and Photos

1. Noun. Birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles.

Exact synonyms: Carinate Bird, Flying Bird
Generic synonyms: Bird
Terms within: Keel
Antonyms: Ratite

2. Adjective. Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship. "A carinate sepal"

Exact synonyms: Carinated, Keeled, Ridged
Participles: Ridge

1. a. 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).

1. shaped like the keel of a ship [adj]

1. Shaped like a ridge, or having a structure so shaped. (09 Oct 1997)

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