caudal
Plural: caudals
Adjective
- Pertaining to or situated near the tail or posterior part.
- constituting or relating to a tail
- "caudal appendage"
Adjective Satellite
- resembling a tail
- situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises
- "caudal fins"
- "the caudal end of the body"
Adverb
- toward the posterior end of the body
Adj
- Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
- Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
Noun
- A caudal vertebra.
Examples
- He found a caudal connection, extending a word to score points on the far end.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).
Scrabble Score: 9
caudal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcaudal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
caudal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
caudal: valid Words With Friends Word