carinate
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[edit] Etymology
From the latin carina, a boat keel.
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carinate (comparative more carinate, superlative most carinate)
- Keel-shaped, as in a boat's keel.
- (ornithology) Of a bird, having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
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[edit] Usage notes
- Almost exclusively used in describing organisms and archaeological artifacts.
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Adjective
carinate
- vocative masculine singular of carinatus
