CARINATE BIRD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles

Synonyms:

carinate; carinate bird; flying bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("carinate bird" is a kind of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (parts of "carinate bird"):

keel (the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly)

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