Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caudal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caudal \Cau"dal\, a. [L. Cauda tail. Cf. {Coward}.]
Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a
tail-like appendage.
The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes.
--Darwin.
{Caudal fin} (Zo["o]l.), the terminal fin (or ``tail'') of a
fish.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caudal
adj 1: constituting or relating to a tail; "caudal appendage" [ant:
{cephalic}]
2: resembling a tail [syn: {taillike}]
3: (of quadrupeds) situated in or directed toward the part of
the body from which the tail arises; "caudal fins"; "the
caudal end of the body"
adv : toward the posterior end of the body [syn: {caudally}]
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