carinate
or car·i·nat·ed
[kar-uh-neyt, -nit or kar-uh-ney-tid]
- Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
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Origin of carinate
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Carinate, keeled, furnished with a sharp ridge or projection on the lower side.
The Elements of BotanyAsa Gray
Calyx 5-parted, fleshy, enclosing the fruit (utricle) and often carinate or crested.
All other existing birds belong to the second division, and are called (from the keel on the breast-bone) carinate birds.
On the Genesis of SpeciesSt. George Mivart
It must have been that of the struthious birds or that of the carinate birds, or something different from both.
On the Genesis of SpeciesSt. George Mivart
If it was that of the carinate birds, how did the struthious birds and Dinosauria independently agree to differ?
On the Genesis of SpeciesSt. George Mivart
carinate
carinated
- biology having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin carīnāre to furnish with a keel or shell, from carīna keel
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carinate
(kăr′ə-nāt′, -nĭt)- Shaped like or having a carina or keel; ridged.
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