caudal
nounEtymology Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).
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A caudal vertebra.
caudal
adj/ˈkɔːdəl/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).
- The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes, […]1871, Charles Darwin, “Principles of Sexual Selection”, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, Part II (Sexual Selection), page 269:
- Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 3:
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Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
Anatomical terms of location and direction
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acaudal, anterocaudal, bicaudal, caudal artery, caudal fin, caudality, caudalization, caudal keel, caudally, caudalmost, caudal peduncle, caudalward, cephalocaudal, craniocaudal, distocaudal, dorsocaudal, femorocaudal, frontocaudal, laterocaudal, lumbocaudal, mediocaudal, midcaudal, pericaudal, postcaudal, posterocaudal, precaudal, proximocaudal, rostrocaudal, sacrocaudal, subcaudal, supracaudal, tricaudal, ventrocaudal- Related terms
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