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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles;
[syn: carinate, carinate bird, flying bird]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship;
- Example: "a carinate sepal"
[syn: ridged, carinate, carinated, keeled]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Carinate \Car"i*nate\, Carinated \Car"i*na`ted\a. [L. carinatus, fr. carina keel.] Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

carinate adj 1: having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship; "a carinate sepal" [syn: ridged, carinate, carinated, keeled] n 1: birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles [syn: carinate, carinate bird, flying bird] [ant: flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird]