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CARINATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles

Synonyms:

carinate; carinate bird; flying bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("carinate" is a kind of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (parts of "carinate"):

keel (the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly)

Antonym:

ratite (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)

Derivation:

carinate (having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship

Example:

a carinate sepal

Synonyms:

carinate; carinated; keeled; ridged

Classified under:

Participial adjectives

Derivation:

carinate (birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles)

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