carinate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: carinate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
carinate adj having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship; "a carinate sepal" Synonym(s): ridged, carinate, carinated, keeled n birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles Synonym(s): carinate, carinate bird, flying bird Antonym(s): flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carinate \Car"inate\, Carinated \Car"ina`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).