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Caudal

adjective

Constituting or relating to a tail.

Resembling a tail. Synonym: taillike.

Situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises. "The caudal end of the body"

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"Caudal" Quotes from Famous Books

... the way to where the dead carcass lay. As soon as they came in sight of it Josh. dashed forward, and raising the dead animal by its caudal appendage, angrily exclaimed: "That's my dog! You must be the man who was lurking around my house last night! You had better go down and explain to Mrs. Maroney what ...

— The Expressman and the Detective • Allan Pinkerton

... gradually, its base being equal to the diameter of the body at its middle point. The body is slightly contractile and the posterior end is carried to a rounded point, but not into a distinct tail. Unlike the fresh-water variety, this one has no hyaline margin nor hyaline caudal region, and the contractile vacuole is double or multiple on the dorsal side near the posterior end. Cilia are present only on the under (right) side, with, however, a row of large cilia marking the course of ...

— Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 • Gary N. Galkins

Words linked to "Caudal" : caudate, posterior, cephalic, tail, caudal anesthesia, caudal appendage, caudated, cauda