caudal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈkɔːdəl/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
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: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:
- (not-comparable, qualifier:anatomical terms of location and direction) Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
Antonyms
Deriveds
rostrocaudal · caudally · anterocaudal · dorsocaudal · posterocaudal · femorocaudal · midcaudal · caudalization · cephalocaudal · caudal keel · craniocaudal · bicaudal · caudality · laterocaudal · postcaudal · mediocaudal · frontocaudal · precaudal · sacrocaudal · distocaudal · tricaudal · acaudal · caudal fin · proximocaudal · caudalward · caudal peduncle · caudalmost · lumbocaudal · pericaudal · ventrocaudal · caudal artery · subcaudal · supracaudal
Relateds
Translations (42)
uk ти́льний (pertaining to the tail) · es caudal (pertaining to the tail) · be ты́льны (pertaining to the tail) · gv arbyllagh (pertaining to the tail) · ca caudal (pertaining to the tail) · fi kaudaalinen (pertaining to the tail) · ga eireaballach (pertaining to the tail) · fr caudal (pertaining to the tail) · pl tylny (pertaining to the tail) · fi häntä- (pertaining to the tail) · de Schwanz- (pertaining to the tail) · uk за́дній (pertaining to the tail) · ga eireabaill (pertaining to the tail) · ru за́дний (pertaining to the tail) · gl caudal (pertaining to the tail) · cs ocasní (pertaining to the tail) · it caudale (pertaining to the tail) · ar ذَنَبِيّ (pertaining to the tail) · de kaudal (pertaining to the tail) · tl buntutin (pertaining to the tail) · bg за́ден (pertaining to the tail) · fa دمی (pertaining to the tail) · tl pamuntot (pertaining to the tail) · pl ogonowy (pertaining to the tail) · be хваставы́ (pertaining to the tail) · ru кауда́льный (pertaining to the tail) · io kaudala (pertaining to the tail) · pt caudal (pertaining to the tail) · sk chvostový (pertaining to the tail) · fi perä- (pertaining to the tail) · de schwanzartig (pertaining to the tail) · la caudalis (pertaining to the tail) · ru хвостово́й (pertaining to the tail) · ja 尾側の (pertaining to the tail) · ro caudal (pertaining to the tail) · be за́дні (pertaining to the tail) · uk хвостови́й (pertaining to the tail) · ru ты́льный (pertaining to the tail) · bg опа́шен (pertaining to the tail) · fi pyrstö- (pertaining to the tail) · cmn 尾部的 (pertaining to the tail) · ar ذَيْلِيّ (pertaining to the tail)