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carinate

carinate · carinates

Any bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight musclesAny bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.

/ˈkæɹɪnət/

Meaning

1 senses

Any bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles

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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Forms

plural: carinates

Singular	carinate
Plural	carinates

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Close in meaning

birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles:carinate birdflying bird

Antonyms

1 antonyms

ratite