CARINATE

• (noun) birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles

  synonyms : carinate bird , flying bird

• (adj.) having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship

  "a carinate sepal"

  synonyms : carinated , keeled , ridged

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