multicarinate

English

Etymology

multi- +‎ carinate

Adjective

multicarinate (comparative more multicarinate, superlative most multicarinate)

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

multicarinate scales

References

“multicarinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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