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Caudal

//ˈkɔːdəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body. not-comparable

    "The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes, […]"

  2. 2
    Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises wordnet
  2. 2
    resembling a tail wordnet
  3. 3
    constituting or relating to a tail wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    toward the posterior end of the body wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A caudal vertebra.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).

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