Etymology

curvicaudate

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Today it means: Having a curved or crooked tail. Full definition →

Latin curvus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcurvus“bent”
  2. English todaycurvicaudate

Latin curvus (“bent”) + English caudate.

Words from the same roots

Latincurvus all →

curvecurbcorbecurvicostatecurviformcurvinervedcurviserialcurvograph

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.