Caudal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caudal \Cau"dal\, a. [L. Cauda tail. Cf. {Coward}.]
     Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a
     tail-like appendage.
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           The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes.


                                                    --Darwin.
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     {Caudal fin} (Zool.), the terminal fin (or "tail") of a fish.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  caudal
       adj 1: constituting or relating to a tail; "caudal appendage" [ant:
               {cephalic}]
       2: resembling a tail [syn: {taillike}]
       3: (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"
       adv : toward the posterior end of the body [syn: {caudally}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "caudal":
     boundary, caudate, caudated, caudiform, conclusive, definitive,
     determinative, endmost, eventual, extreme, farthest, final, last,
     limiting, polar, tail, tailed, taillike, terminal, terminating,
     terminative, ultimate