About The Word Caudal
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Caudal
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What's The Definition Of Caudal?
[adv] toward the posterior end of the body
[adj] (of quadrupeds) situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises; "caudal fins"; "the caudal end of the body" [adj] resembling a tail [adj] constituting or relating to a tail; "caudal appendage" Synonyms | Synonyms for Caudal: caudally | caudate | caudated | posterior | taillike Related Terms | Find terms related to Caudal: boundary | caudate | caudated | caudiform | conclusive | definitive | determinative | endmost | eventual | extreme | farthest | final | last | limiting | polar | tail | tailed | taillike | terminal | terminating | terminative | ultimate See Also | Caudal In Webster's Dictionary \Cau"dal\, a. [L. Cauda tail. Cf. {Coward}.]
Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a
tail-like appendage.
The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes.
--Darwin.
{Caudal fin} (Zo["o]l.), the terminal fin (or ``tail'') of a
fish.
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