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carinate

carinate · more carinate · most carinate

Shaped like a boat's keelShaped like a boat's keel.

/ˈkæɹɪnət/

Meaning

3 senses

Shaped like a boat's keel.
a carinate calyx or leaf
a carinate sternum
having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
Of a bird, having a carina, a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
Having a carina.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin carīnātus, from carīna (“keel”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming s

Borrowed from Latin carīnātus, from carīna (“keel”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun comes from a substantivization of the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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