Caudal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, at, or near the tail or hind parts; posterior: the caudal fin of a fish.
  • adj. Situated beneath or on the underside; inferior.
  • adj. Anatomy Similar to a tail in form or function.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
  • n. A caudal vertebra
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or situated near the tail; having the nature or appearance of a tail. Specifically
  • In anatomy, having a position or relation toward the tail when compared with some other part: the opposite of cephalic (which see). Thus, the neck is a caudal part of the body with reference to the head. See caudad.
  • In entomology, pertaining to or on the end of the abdomen: as, a caudal style; a caudal spot.
  • n. In ichthyology, the caudal fin of a fish.
  • n. In anatomy a caudal or coccygeal vertebra. Abbreviated cd. in ichthyological formulas.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. toward the posterior end of the body
  • adj. resembling a tail
  • adj. situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises
  • adj. constituting or relating to a tail
  • Equivalent
    caudated    caudate    posterior   
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    caudle    coddle    dawdle    model    remodel    toddle    twaddle    waddle   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sacral    tail-like    spinal    hornfish    vestigial    dorsal    cranial    thoracic    intervertebral    epidural