flying_bird (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *flying bird*:
NOUN	animal	flying bird, carinate, carinate bird	birds having keeled breastbones for attachment / attachment of flight muscles

English > *flying bird*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	birds having keeled breastbones for attachment / attachment of flight muscles.
Synonyms	carinate, carinate 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

HyperDic: flying_bird