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CAUDATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Amphibians that resemble lizards
Synonyms:
caudate; urodele
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("caudate" is a kind of...):
amphibian (cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form)
Holonyms ("caudate" is a member of...):
Caudata; order Caudata; order Urodella; Urodella (salamanders; newts; congo snakes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain
Synonyms:
caudate; caudate nucleus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("caudate" is a kind of...):
basal ganglion (any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement)
Holonyms ("caudate" is a part of...):
corpus striatum; striate body; striatum (a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus)
Derivation:
caudate (having a tail or taillike appendage)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a tail or taillike appendage
Synonyms:
caudate; caudated
Classified under:
Similar:
bobtail; bobtailed (having a short or shortened tail)
caudal; taillike (resembling a tail)
tailed (having a tail of a specified kind; often used in combination)
scaly-tailed (having a scaly tail)
scissor-tailed ((of birds) having a deeply forked tail)
short-tailed (having a short tail)
square-tailed (having a square tail)
stiff-tailed (having a stiff tail)
swallow-tailed ((especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow)
tail-shaped (shaped like the tail of an animal)
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Antonym:
acaudate (lacking a tail or taillike appendage)
Derivation:
caudate (a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip
Classified under:
Similar:
simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)
