NOUN | animal | carinate bird, carinate, flying bird | birds having keeled breastbones for attachment / attachment of flight muscles |
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Meaning | birds having keeled breastbones for attachment / attachment of flight muscles. | |
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Synonyms | carinate, 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 |
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