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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...