carinate

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(kăr'ə-nāt', -nĭt) pronunciation also car·i·nat·ed (-nā'tĭd)
adj.
Shaped like or having a carina or keel; ridged.



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A term often applied to a specific type of metal or ceramic bowl or jar with a flat or reeded rim and an almost vertical upper wall above a sharp inward change of direction (the carination). Carinated bowls are distinctive of the early Neolithic in northwest Europe.

(kăr'ə-nāt', -nĭt)
adj.

Shaped like or having a carina or keel; ridged.

Said of birds, having a carina or keeled sternum.

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