carinate bird

Other forms: carinate birds

Definitions of carinate bird
  1. noun
    birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles
    synonyms: carinate, flying bird
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    type of:
    bird
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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