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multicarinate

multicarinate adjective: many-keeled; having many keel-like ridges.

Adjective

multicarinate (comparative more multicarinate, superlative most multicarinate)

  1. Many-keeled; having many keel-like ridges
    • multicarinate mollusc shells
    • multicarinate scales

Forms of multicarinate

comparativemore multicarinate
superlativemost multicarinate

Origin of multicarinate

From multi- + carinate.

Questions about multicarinate

What does multicarinate mean?
Multicarinate means many-keeled; having many keel-like ridges.
What part of speech is multicarinate?
Multicarinate is an adjective.

Words near multicarinate in the dictionary

  1. multicapture
  2. multicar
  3. multicarat
  4. multicarbon
  5. multicareer
  6. multicarinate
  7. multicarinated
  8. multicarrier
  9. multicart
  10. multicartridge
  11. multicarts

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