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Meanings of carinate bird in English

Birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles.

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Examples for "carinate"
Examples for "carinate"
1
Arguably the heaviest flying bird is the kori bustard of southern Africa.
BBC
2
The evidence comes from new research into the earliest known flying bird, archaeopteryx.
The Irish Times
3
For a long time she gazed after it, the flying bird.
Siddhartha
4
One brotherhood, in addition to fine flowing robes, has headgear not unlike a flying bird.
The Irish Times
5
The Indian stood up and declared that the shadow was the reflection of a flying bird.
Pathfinders of the West / Being the Thrilling Story of the Adven...