Definition of carinate Carinate

car•i•nate

We found 6 definitions of carinate from 5 different sources.

What does carinate mean?

Noun Plural: carinates
carinate - birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles
		carinate bird, flying bird
		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
		bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

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carinate (Adjective)
Keel-shaped, as in a boat's keel.
carinate (Adjective)
Of a bird, having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.