Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a keel; keeled.

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  • adjective carinate; shaped like a keel

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  • adjective having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship

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Examples

  • Although he makes the point that the periphery is "hardly to be called keeled", to me "carinated", "angular" and "keeled" all mean more or less the same thing, especially when the degree of carination is variable.

    Anguispira alternata angulata AYDIN 2007

  • Although he makes the point that the periphery is "hardly to be called keeled", to me "carinated", "angular" and "keeled" all mean more or less the same thing, especially when the degree of carination is variable.

    Archive 2007-02-01 AYDIN 2007

  • In the southern part of Illinois there is a tendency for the shell of alternata to become carinated on the periphery, even when the spire is high.

    Anguispira alternata angulata AYDIN 2007

  • Baker2 had noted that in several counties of Illinois a form of Anguispira alternata occurs which has a carinated periphery and a low spire...

    Anguispira alternata angulata AYDIN 2007

  • Baker2 had noted that in several counties of Illinois a form of Anguispira alternata occurs which has a carinated periphery and a low spire...

    Archive 2007-02-01 AYDIN 2007

  • In the southern part of Illinois there is a tendency for the shell of alternata to become carinated on the periphery, even when the spire is high.

    Archive 2007-02-01 AYDIN 2007

  • One of the abundant species in Monocacy Natural Resources Area where I did a land snail survey was what Pilsbry1 called Anguispira alternata angulata, a keeled or carinated morph of Anguispira alternata.

    Anguispira alternata angulata AYDIN 2007

  • One of the abundant species in Monocacy Natural Resources Area where I did a land snail survey was what Pilsbry1 called Anguispira alternata angulata, a keeled or carinated morph of Anguispira alternata.

    Archive 2007-02-01 AYDIN 2007

  • Domestic finds include various scrapers, borers, beads, and pottery consisting mainly of undecorated carinated bowls.

    Ballynashllog Jackpot 2000

  • Abdomen with the sides of the upper surface carinated.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

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