caudodistal

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adjective

distal from the tail or posterior

OriginEnglish distal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English distaunt →
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Meanings

adjectivecaudodistal (not comparable)
  1. not comparabledistal from the tail or posterior

    In all present femora, sediment and other bones obscure the caudodistal part.

    2015 October 15, “Perinatal Specimens of Saurolophus angustirostris (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae), from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Englishcaudo-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  3. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  4. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  5. Proto-Italic*dis-
  6. Latindis-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  9. Proto-Italic*staējō
  10. Proto-Italic*staēō
  11. Latinstō
  12. Latindistō
  13. Latindistāns
  14. Old Frenchdistant
  15. Middle Englishdistaunt
  16. Englishdistant
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  19. Englishdistal
  20. Englishcaudodistal

From caudo- + distal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with caudodistal

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Anagrams

distocaudal
Cite this entry
APA

caudodistal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caudodistal

MLA

“caudodistal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caudodistal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caudodistal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caudodistal.

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