Meanings
verbdecaudate (third-person singular simple present decaudates, present participle decaudating, simple past and past participle decaudated)
present singular third person decaudates · participle present decaudating · participle past decaudated · past decaudated
- transitiveTo remove the tail from.
One machine in which Mr. Taylor takes special pride is a salmon canner, which engulfs a whole salmon, decapitates and decaudates it, skins it, blows out its viscera, cuts it into pieces, deposits them in the can, sterilizes them […]
1937, Technology Review, volume 40, page 100
Origin
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decaudate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decaudate
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decaudate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decaudate.
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