carinate
IPA: kˈɛrʌneɪt
noun
- Any bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
adjective
- Keel-shaped, as in a boat's keel.
- (ornithology) Of a bird, having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
- (botany) Having a carina.
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Examples of "carinate" in Sentences
- It varies greatly in carinate conditions of the shell.
- An alternate adjectival form of this design is carinated.
- The body whorl is sometimes carinate with a keel and sometimes not.
- The design of the base may be bulbous, flat, carinate or another shape.
- The shell is carinate in its entire length on the lower edge of the whorls.