Definitions for caudal

caudal cau·dal

Spelling: [kawd-l]
IPA: /ˈkɔd l/

Caudal is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in caudal (aacdlu).

Definitions for caudal

noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. a caudal anesthetic.

adjective

  1. Anatomy, Zoology. of, at, or near the tail or the posterior end of the body.
  2. Zoology. taillike:

Origin of caudal

1655-65; New Latin caudālis, equivalent to Latin caud(a) tail + -ālis -al1

Examples for caudal

The caudal limb of the postcentral is joined by a transparietal piece.

The caudal extremity of both is furnished with a rudimentary claw.

Basal ring of about the same size as the mitral ring, with three large and stout divergent feet (two lateral and one caudal).

A small common central rod separates the two united pectoral feet from the two other spines (the caudal foot and the apical horn).

Sagittal ring ovate, prolonged upwards into an occipital horn, downwards into a caudal foot, as in the preceding species.

This brings you to where the dorsal and caudal fins are inserted.

They are last traceable on the eighth or ninth caudal (vertebra 35 or 36).

So they got more tail and spliced it on to his caudal appendage.

He named it falcata, or "scythe-shaped," from the curving of the caudal fin.

The two lateral feet (right and left) are larger and more branched than the two sagittal feet (sternal and caudal foot).

Word Value for caudal
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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