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carinate

/ˈkæɹɪnət/

carinate adjective: shaped like a boat's keel.

Adjective

carinate (comparative more carinate, superlative most carinate)

  1. Shaped like a boat's keel.
    • a carinate calyx or leaf
    • a carinate sternum
  2. Of a bird, having a carina, a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
  3. Having a carina.

Noun

carinate (plural carinates)

  1. Any bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.

carinate meaning in Tamil

carinate in Tamil

தட்டை உரு, தட்டைவடிவம், தோணியகடு போன்ற அமைவுடைய

Synonyms of carinate

Forms of carinate

Adjective
comparativemore carinate
superlativemost carinate
Noun
pluralcarinates

Origin of carinate

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).

Words formed from carinate

Phrases with carinate

Questions about carinate

What does carinate mean?
Carinate means shaped like a boat's keel.
What is carinate in Tamil?
Carinate in Tamil is தட்டை உரு, தட்டைவடிவம், தோணியகடு போன்ற அமைவுடைய. See Carinate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carinate?
Carinate can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce carinate?
Carinate is pronounced /ˈkæɹɪnət/.

Words near carinate in the dictionary

  1. carinaria
  2. carinarias
  3. carinariid
  4. carinariids
  5. carinas
  6. carinate
  7. carinate abdomen
  8. carinate abdomens
  9. carinated
  10. carinates
  11. carination

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carinate (page history and authors); carinate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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