carinate

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Shaped like a boat's keel.
2. Of a bird, having a carina, a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
3. Having a carina.

Noun

Any bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.

Sinónimos

keeled

flying bird

carinate bird

carinated

ridged

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈkæɹɪnət/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Borrowed from Latin carīnātus, from carīna (“keel”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun comes from a substantivization of the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).