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Synonyms for caudal

Grammar : Adj
Spell : kawd-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔd l


Définition of caudal

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Latin cauda "tail of an animal," of unknown origin, + -al (1).
  • adj posterior
Example sentences :
  • The caudal limb of the postcentral is joined by a transparietal piece.
  • Extract from : « Christian Science » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • So they got more tail and spliced it on to his caudal appendage.
  • Extract from : « Lincoln's Yarns and Stories » by Alexander K. McClure
  • He named it falcata, or "scythe-shaped," from the curving of the caudal fin.
  • Extract from : « Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others » by James Alexander Henshall
  • The caudal extremity of both is furnished with a rudimentary claw.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Civilization » by Andrew Wynter
  • This brings you to where the dorsal and caudal fins are inserted.
  • Extract from : « Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting » by William T. Hornaday
  • They are last traceable on the eighth or ninth caudal (vertebra 35 or 36).
  • Extract from : « The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphidae » by Frederick True
  • A small common central rod separates the two united pectoral feet from the two other spines (the caudal foot and the apical horn).
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Three feet latticed, conical, nearly parallel and vertical (the caudal curved), about half as long as the breadth of the shell.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The two lateral feet (right and left) are larger and more branched than the two sagittal feet (sternal and caudal foot).
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Basal ring of about the same size as the mitral ring, with three large and stout divergent feet (two lateral and one caudal).
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel

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