caudal

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: cau=dal

CIDE DICTIONARY

caudal, a. [L. Cauda tail. Cf. Coward.].

 Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage.  [1913 Webster]
"The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes."  [1913 Webster]

Caudal fin (Zoöl.), the terminal fin (or “tail”) of a fish.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

caudal, adj.
1 of or like a tail.
2 of the posterior part of the body.

Derivative

caudally adv.

Etymology

mod.L caudalis f. L cauda tail

THESAURUS

caudal

boundary, caudate, caudated, caudiform, conclusive, definitive, determinative, endmost, eventual, extreme, farthest, final, last, limiting, polar, tail, tailed, taillike, terminal, terminating, terminative, ultimate

ROGET THESAURUS

caudal

End

N end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.

Rear

N rear, back, posteriority, rear rank, rear guard, background, hinterland, occiput, nape, chine, heels, tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut, breech, dorsum, loin, dorsal region, lumbar region, hind quarters, aitchbone, natch, natch bone, stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper, wake, train, reverse, other side of the shield, back, rear, hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost, postern, posterior, dorsal, after, caudal, lumbar, mizzen, tergal, behind, in the rear, in the background, behind one's back, at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of, back to back, after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward, ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio, the other side of the coin.