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Meaning of word carinate from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

carinate   noun

Meaning : Birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles.

Synonyms : carinate bird, flying bird

Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches. Cassowaries. Emus. Moas. Rheas. Kiwis. Elephant birds.

flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird

carinate   adjective

Meaning : Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship.

Example : A carinate sepal.

Synonyms : carinated, keeled, ridged