Caudal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
caudal
    adv 1: toward the posterior end of the body [syn: {caudally},
           {caudal}]
    adj 1: constituting or relating to a tail; "caudal appendage"
           [ant: {cephalic}]
    2: resembling a tail [syn: {caudal}, {taillike}]
    3: situated in or directed toward the part of the body from
       which the tail arises; "caudal fins"; "the caudal end of the
       body"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Caudal \Cau"dal\, a. [L. Cauda tail. Cf. {Coward}.]
   Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a
   tail-like appendage.
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         The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes.
                                                  --Darwin.
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   {Caudal fin} (Zool.), the terminal fin (or "tail") of a fish.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "caudal":
      boundary, caudate, caudated, caudiform, conclusive, definitive,
      determinative, endmost, eventual, extreme, farthest, final, last,
      limiting, polar, tail, tailed, taillike, terminal, terminating,
      terminative, ultimate

    

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