What does "carinate" mean?

Any bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.

What is a synonym for "carinate"?

Common synonyms include: ridged, carinate bird, carinated, flying bird, keeled, ridged.

Carinate

//ˈkæɹɪnət// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
Any bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
2
birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles wordnet

Adjective

1
Shaped like a boat's keel.
"a carinate calyx or leaf"
2
Of a bird, having a carina, a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
3
Having a carina.

Adjective

1
having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ridged carinate bird carinated flying bird keeled ridged

Antonyms

All antonyms

ratite

Etymology

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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carinate abdomen

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