caudate meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

caudate

adj

UK /ˈkɔː.deɪt/ · US /ˈkɔˌdeɪt/

Etymology Borrowed from Medieval Latin caudātus, from Classical Latin cauda (“tail”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Having a tail.

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Of or pertaining to the Caudata order of amphibians.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Having a tail-like extension.

the caudate nucleus

Derived terms: acaudate, bicaudate, caudate nucleus, decaudate, ecaudate, excaudate, intercaudate, magnicaudate, subcaudate, tricaudate
Related terms: e caudata

caudate

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Medieval Latin caudātus, from Classical Latin cauda (“tail”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Any member of the Caudata order of amphibians.

Some caudates show caudal autotomy, in that part or all of the tail can be shed and subsequently regenerated.1992, Martin E. Feder, Warren W. Burggren, Environmental Physiology of the Amphibians, page 291: