caudal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective constituting or relating to a tail
    • caudal appendage
  2. adjective satellite resembling a tail
    taillike.
  3. adjective satellite situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises
    • caudal fins
    • the caudal end of the body
  4. adverb toward the posterior end of the body
    caudally.

WordNet

Cau"dal adjective
Etymology
L. Cauda tail. Cf. Coward.
Definitions
  1. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage.
    The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes. Darwin.

Webster 1913