carinate birds
1carinate bird — noun birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles • Syn: ↑carinate, ↑flying bird • Ant: ↑ratite (for: ↑carinate) • Derivationally related forms: ↑carin …
2carinate — /ˈkærəneɪt/ (say karuhnayt) adjective 1. Botany, Zoology formed with a carina; keel like. 2. (of birds) having a sternum with a strong extension running along the midline, extending outwards and perpendicular to the plane of the ribs; previously… …
3List of birds — clade|style=font size:75% label1=Neornithes 1=clade 1=clade 1=Struthioniformes* 2=Tinamiformes 2=clade 1=Neoaves label2= Galloanserae 2=clade 1=Anseriformes 2=Galliformes clade|style=font size:75% label1=Neoaves 1=clade 1=clade 1=Podicipediformes …
4skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… …
5Knob-billed Duck — Male South American Knob billed Duck (S. m. sylvicola) Conservation status …
6Comb Duck — Taxobox name = Comb Duck status = LC status system = IUCN3.1 image caption = Male South American Comb Duck ( S. m. sylvicola ) image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis =… …
7Alopochen mauritianus — Mauritius Gans Systematik Ordnung: Gänsevögel (Anseriformes) Familie: Entenvögel (Anatidae) Unterfamilie: Halbgänse (Tadorninae) …
8Mauritius-Gans — Systematik Ordnung: Gänsevögel (Anseriformes) Familie: Entenvögel (Anatidae) Unterfamilie: Halbgänse (Tadorninae) Tribus …
9Mauritian Shelduck — Conservation status Extinct (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom …
10Desmognathous — Des*mog na*thous, a. [Gr. desmo s bond + gna qos jaw.] (Zo[ o]l.) Having the maxillo palatine bones united; applied to a group of carinate birds ({Desmognath[ae]}), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also… …
