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Meaning of carinate | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
ˈkæɹɪnət

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Suomi lentokykyinen
Français carinate
Latina carinatus

Examples

“a carinate calyx or leaf”
“a carinate sternum”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

carinated caring cariniform Carinthian carinulate cariogenic

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