carinate

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
形容词 adj.
  1. Shaped like a boat's keel.
    — a carinate calyx or leaf
  2. Of a bird, having a carina, a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
  3. Having a carina.

词形变化

more carinate comparative most carinate superlative carinates plural

词源

词源 1
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).
词源 2
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).
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