caudal

3 definitions found

caudal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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caudal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  caudal
      adv 1: toward the posterior end of the body [syn: caudally,
             caudal]
      adj 1: constituting or relating to a tail; "caudal appendage"
             [ant: cephalic]
      2: resembling a tail [syn: caudal, taillike]
      3: situated in or directed toward the part of the body from
         which the tail arises; "caudal fins"; "the caudal end of the
         body"

caudal - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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