| ADJECTIVE | ppl | carinate, ridged, carinated, keeled | having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship |
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| NOUN | animal | carinate, carinate bird, flying bird | birds having keeled breastbones for attachment / attachment of flight muscles |
| Meaning | Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship. | |
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| Example | "a carinate sepal" | |
| Synonyms | ridged, carinated, keeled | |
| Nouns | carinate | birds having keeled breastbones for attachment / attachment of flight muscles |
| Meaning | birds having keeled breastbones for attachment / attachment of flight muscles. | |
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| Synonyms | carinate bird, flying bird | |
| Parts | keel | The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly |
| Broader | bird | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
| Opposite | ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird | Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment / attachment of flight muscles |
| Spanish | carinate | |
| Adjectives | carinate | having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship |
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