caudal fin

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caudal fin - 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 fin - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  caudal fin
      n 1: the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates [syn:
           tail fin, caudal fin]