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English 2 senses of the word carinate:
ADJECTIVEpplcarinate, ridged, carinated, keeledhaving a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
NOUNanimalcarinate, carinate bird, flying birdbirds having keeled breastbones for attachment / attachment of flight muscles
Englishcarinate: 2 senses adjective 1, ppl
MeaningHaving a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship.
Example"a carinate sepal"
Synonymsridged, carinated, keeled
Nounscarinatebirds having keeled breastbones for attachment / attachment of flight muscles
Englishcarinate: 2 senses noun 1, animal
Meaningbirds having keeled breastbones for attachment / attachment of flight muscles.
Synonymscarinate bird, flying bird
PartskeelThe median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
Broaderbirdwarm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Oppositeratite, ratite bird, flightless birdFlightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment / attachment of flight muscles
Spanishcarinate
Adjectivescarinatehaving a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship

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