caudate

English

Etymology

From the Medieval Latin caudātus, from the Classical Latin cauda (“tail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːdeɪt/
• Homophones: chordate, cordate

Adjective

caudate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.
2. (zoology) Having a tail.
3. (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Caudata order of amphibians.
4. (anatomy) Indicates an anatomical structure with a tail-like extension, such as the Caudate nucleus.

Related terms

• e caudata
• subcaudate

Translations

botany: tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex

• Finnish: lisäkkeellinen
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having a tail

• Finnish: hännällinen
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• Hungarian: farkas (hu), farkos
• Latin: caudātus

zoology: of or pertaining to the Caudata

• Finnish: salamanteri- (fi)
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• Hungarian: farkos

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} caudato (it)
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Noun

caudate (plural caudates)

1. (zoology) Any member of the Caudata order of amphibians.
   • 1992, Martin E. Feder, ‎Warren W. Burggren, Environmental Physiology of the Amphibians (page 291)

     Some caudates show caudal autotomy, in that part or all of the tail can be shed and subsequently regenerated.

Translations

member of Caudata

• Finnish: salamanteri (fi), pyrstösammakko
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• French: caudate (fr) m, urodèle (fr) m

Anagrams

• acuated

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Italian

Adjective

caudate

1. feminine plural of caudato

Anagrams

• educata

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) caudāte

1. vocative masculine singular of caudātus