carinate

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)

derivation	:	carinate, carinated, keeled, ridged,
definition	:	having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship (adj.ppl)

2. having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship (adj.ppl)

participle	:	ridge,
definition	:	form into a ridge (verb.change)

derivation	:	carinate, carinate bird, flying bird,
definition	:	birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles (noun.animal)

3. birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles (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)

derivation	:	carinate, carinated, keeled, ridged,
definition	:	having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship (adj.ppl)

4. having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship (adj.ppl)

participle	:	ridge,
definition	:	form into a ridge (verb.change)

derivation	:	carinate, carinate bird, flying bird,
definition	:	birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles (noun.animal)