Carinatae

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Translingual

Etymology

From Latin carinatus (“shaped like a keel, having a keel-shaped ridge”).

Proper noun

Carinatae

  1. (dated) A taxonomic subclass within the class Aves – Birds having a pronounced keel-like sternum, to which muscles used in flight attach.
  2. A taxonomic clade within the subclass Aves – Birds descended from a certain common ancestral type of bird, possibly having a keel-like sternum and other bone-structure characteristics.
  3. Ornithurae

Usage notes

  • Bird lineage remains particularly unsettled, so the definition and relationships of Carinatae is subject to revision and the name may become disused.

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