Meanings
- not comparablebiologyPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes, […]
1871, Charles Darwin, “Principles of Sexual Selection”, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, Part II (Sexual Selection), page 2691 more example
Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.
1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 3
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveToward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveconstituting or relating to a tail
adjectivesituated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises
adverbtoward the posterior end of the body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincaudālis“having a tail”
- Englishcaudal
Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).
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Arabic ذَنَبِيّ, ذَيْلِيّ
- ذَنَبِيّ (ḏanabiyy)pertaining to the tail
- ذَيْلِيّ (ḏayliyy)pertaining to the tail
Bulgarian опа́шен, за́ден
- опа́шен (opášen)pertaining to the tail
- за́ден (záden)pertaining to the tail
Catalan caudal
- caudalpertaining to the tail
Chinese Mandarin 尾部的
- 尾部的 (wěibù de)pertaining to the tail
Czech ocasní
- ocasnípertaining to the tail
Finnish kaudaalinen, häntä-
- kaudaalinenpertaining to the tail
- häntä-pertaining to the tail
- pyrstö-pertaining to the tail
- perä-pertaining to the tail
- häntänikamacaudal vertebra
French caudal
- caudalpertaining to the tail
German kaudal, schwanzartig
- kaudalpertaining to the tail
- schwanzartigpertaining to the tail
- Schwanz-pertaining to the tail
Irish eireabaill, eireaballach
- eireabaillpertaining to the tail
- eireaballachpertaining to the tail
Italian caudale
- caudalepertaining to the tail
Japanese 尾側の
- 尾側の (bisoku no)pertaining to the tail
Latin caudalis
- caudalispertaining to the tail
Persian دمی
- دمی (domi)pertaining to the tail
Polish ogonowy, tylny
- ogonowypertaining to the tail
- tylnypertaining to the tail
Portuguese caudal, caudal
- caudalpertaining to the tail
- caudalcaudal vertebra
Romanian caudal
- caudalpertaining to the tail
Russian кауда́льный, хвостово́й
- кауда́льный (kaudálʹnyj)pertaining to the tail
- хвостово́й (xvostovój)pertaining to the tail
- за́дний (zádnij)pertaining to the tail
- ты́льный (týlʹnyj)pertaining to the tail
Slovak chvostový
- chvostovýpertaining to the tail
Spanish caudal
- caudalpertaining to the tail
Tagalog buntutin, pamuntot
- buntutinpertaining to the tail
- pamuntotpertaining to the tail
Ukrainian хвостови́й, за́дній
- хвостови́й (xvostovýj)pertaining to the tail
- за́дній (zádnij)pertaining to the tail
- ти́льний (týlʹnyj)pertaining to the tail
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with caudal
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Cite this entry
caudal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caudal
“caudal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caudal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caudal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caudal.
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