multicarinate

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English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ carinate.

Adjective

multicarinate (comparative more multicarinate, superlative most multicarinate)

  1. (zoology) Many-keeled; having many keel-like ridges
    multicarinate mollusc shells
    multicarinate scales

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