| a. | 1. | Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; |
| Noun | 1. | carinate - birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles Synonyms: carinate bird, flying bird Antonyms: flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds |
| Adj. | 1. | carinate - having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or the keel of a ship; "a carinate sepal" |
| 2. | carinate - having or shaped like a carina or keel |
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