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Carinate

//ˈkæɹɪnət// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shaped like a boat's keel.

    "a carinate calyx or leaf"

  2. 2
    Of a bird, having a carina, a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
  3. 3
    Having a carina.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Any bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
  2. 2
    birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin carīnātus, from carīna (“keel”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun comes from a substantivization of the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin carīnātus, from carīna (“keel”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun comes from a substantivization of the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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