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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Caudal \Cau"dal\, adjective [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) 2.0 [wn]:
caudal
adjective
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"
adverb: toward the posterior end of the body [syn: {caudally}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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