carinate (karinat)

[L. car in at us, keel shaped, pp. of car in are, furnish with a keel or shell, IMG:content-3149.png:[graphic] IMG:content-3150.png:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small] Carinate Sternum of Common Fowl, side and front views, showing ca , the carina or keel characteristic of Car in at a , borne upon the lopho ste on, which extends from, the rostrum or manubrium, to us , the middle xiphoid proce or xiphisternum; plo, pleurosteon, bearing . the costal proce ; and mo , the bifurcated me to ste on. lengthwise beneath, as if keeled: specifically applied in ornithology to the keeled sternum of most birds, and to the birds po e ing such a sternum.