carinate bird
English Thesaurus
1. birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | bird, |
| definition | : | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | keel, |
| definition | : | the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly (noun.body) |
| antonym | : | flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird, |
| definition | : | flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds (noun.animal) |
| antonym | : | flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird, |
| definition | : | flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds (noun.animal) |
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