car·i·nate (k r  -n t , -n t) also car·i·nat·ed (-ntd)adj. Shaped like or having a carina or keel; ridged. |
carinate [ˈkærɪˌneɪt], carinated
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
[from Latin carīnāre to furnish with a keel or shell, from carīna keel]
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| Noun | 1. |  carinate - birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight musclesbird - 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" |
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