Search Result for "carinate":
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]