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carinate

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car·i·nate  (kr-nt, -nt) also car·i·nat·ed (-ntd)
adj.
Shaped like or having a carina or keel; ridged.
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Noun1.carinatecarinate - birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles
carinate bird, flying bird
bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
keel - the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
Adj.1.carinate - having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship; "a carinate sepal"
carinated, keeled, ridged


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