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caudal

cau·dal
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kawd-l]
    • /ˈkɔd l/
    • /ˈkɔː.dəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kawd-l]
    • /ˈkɔd l/

Definitions of caudal word

  • adjective caudal of or towards the posterior part of the body 3
  • adjective caudal relating to, resembling, or in the position of the tail 3
  • adjective caudal of or like a tail 3
  • adjective caudal at or near the tail 3
  • adjective caudal Anatomy, Zoology. of, at, or near the tail or the posterior end of the body. 1
  • adjective caudal Zoology. taillike: caudal appendages. 1
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Origin of caudal

First appearance:

before 1655
One of the 46% oldest English words
1655-65; < New Latin caudālis, equivalent to Latin caud(a) tail + -ālis -al1

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Parts of speech for Caudal

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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caudal popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Synonyms for caudal

adj caudal

  • back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
  • rear — the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.

adjective caudal

  • posterior — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
All 3 Synonyms of caudal

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    any small marine invertebrate of the genus Sagitta, having an elongated transparent body with fins and prehensile oral bristles: phylum Chaetognatha (chaetognaths)

  • bonytail

    a fish, Gila elegans, found in the Colorado River, having flaring fins and a thin caudal peduncle.

  • bristletail

    any primitive wingless insect of the orders Thysanura and Diplura, such as the silverfish and firebrat, having a flattened body and long tail appendages

  • bullhead

    any of various small northern mainly marine scorpaenoid fishes of the family Cottidae that have a large head covered with bony plates and spines

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  • caudal fin

    the tail fin of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates, used for propulsion during locomotion
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