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CARINATE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles
Synonyms:
carinate; carinate bird; flying bird
Classified under:
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:
Derivation:
carinate (birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles)
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