Carinate

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  • adjective. Shaped like or having a carina or keel; ridged.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Shaped like or furnished with a keel; keeled.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Keel-shaped, as in a boat's keel.
  • adjective. Of a bird, having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles
  • adjective. having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
    • Word Usage
    "In my mind, "carinate" means that there is a distinct thickening of the shell carbonate along the perifery, not just a sharp change in curvature angular."
    Equivalent
    carinated  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bird  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ridged  
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