cauda galli

noun

A feathery-shaped fossil, apparently a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks.

OriginLatin cauda gallī →
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Meanings

noun
  1. archaicbiologyA feathery-shaped fossil, apparently a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks.

Origin

  1. Latincauda gallī“tail of a cock”
  2. Englishcauda galli

Borrowed from Latin cauda gallī (“tail of a cock”).

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