caudal
adjective · noun
Simple meaning
About the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɑdəl
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Definition
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adjective
zoology
Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
anatomical terms of location and direction
Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
noun
A caudal vertebra.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient (estimated)
- Frequency
- Rare
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
Used this way, caudal is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- posterior , a specialist term, precise but narrower
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Compound terms
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The tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates.
One of 4 vertebrae in the human coccyx.
Regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal.
Regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal.
Tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus.
Regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal.
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