Complete Definition of "carinate"

English
Etymology
From the latin carina, a boat keel.

Adjective
carinate

  1. Keel-shaped, as in a boat's keel.

#:The actuating pawl is carinate.

  1. Of a bird, having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.

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