caudal

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective constituting or relating to a tail
adjective resembling a tail
adjective situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises

Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).

Never had caudal equipment thrashed the sea with such power. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
His body is long, even without the portion of it which belongs to his caudal appendage. — Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East, Oliver Optic
3, air tubes, or tracheæ, in the caudal appendage of the larva of a dragon fly). — Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses, A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

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