Keel (disambiguation)
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Keel may be:
- Keel, the central beam of the hull of a boat
This meaning has given rise to many other related uses of the word in biology and natural history, including:
- Keel (bird), a perpendicular extension of a bird's breastbone, to which wing muscles anchor
- Keel (slug) is a morphological feature on the back of some land slugs which resembles the keel of an upturned boat
- Keel in a (gastropod shell) is a sharp ridge or edge at the shoulder or the center of periphery of the whorls of a snail shell
- Keel (petal), the two bottom petals, below the wings, in flowers of the subfamily Faboideae of the flowering plant family Fabaceae; sometimes joined to form a structure whose shape resembles the keel of a boat
- Sagittal Keel, a feature of the skull
- The caudal keel in fish anatomy is a strengthening ridge at the base of the tail
Other meanings:
- Keelboat or "keel", a flat-bottomed boat designed for use on rivers
- Humber keel a type of boat used on the Humber estuary in England
- KEEL, an AM radio station in Shreveport, Louisiana
- Keel Lorenz, a character in the TV anime Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Keel (band), a heavy metal group in the 1980s
- Keel, County Mayo, town on Achill Island, Ireland
- Keel, a parish of Castlemaine, County Kerry, Ireland
People with surname Keel
- Adam Dario Keel a Swiss visual artist Art brut, *1924
- Carl Eugen Keel a Swiss visual artist Expressionism, 1885–1961
- Frederick Keel, English song composer
- Howard Keel (His real name is: Harold Clifford Leek) American actor who starred in classic motion picture musicals, 1919–2004
- Jenny Keel; a bluegrass-bassist
- Larry Keel a bluegrass-singer and songwriter, *1968
- John Keel an author, journalist and ufologist
- Leslie Keel a motion picture production designer
- Lewis Keel, an American jazz saxophonist
- Othmar Keel, a Swiss scientist
- Philipp Keel, a Swiss artist
- Ron Keel a heavy metal vocalist and guitarist