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CAUDAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises
Example:
the caudal end of the body
Classified under:
Similar:
posterior (located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling a tail
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
caudate; caudated (having a tail or taillike appendage)
Derivation:
cauda (any taillike structure)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Constituting or relating to a tail
Example:
caudal appendage
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Antonym:
cephalic (of or relating to the head)
Pertainym:
tail (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)
Derivation:
cauda (any taillike structure)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toward the posterior end of the body
Synonyms:
caudal; caudally
Classified under:
Pertainym:
caudal (situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises)
