carinate 1
noundomain: animal
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles
EnglishAntonym
ratite 1
noun
flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
Derivationally related form
carinate 1
adjective
having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
Part_holonym
keel 2
noun
the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
