caudate

English edit

Etymology edit

From the Medieval Latin caudātus, from the Classical Latin cauda (“tail”).

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːdeɪt/
Homophones: chordate, cordate (non-rhotic accents)

Adjective edit

caudate (not comparable)

(botany) Tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.
(zoology) Having a tail.
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Caudata order of amphibians.
(anatomy) Having a tail-like extension.
the caudate nucleus

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

e caudata

Translations edit

botany: tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex

Finnish: lisäkkeellinen

having a tail

Belarusian: хваста́ты (xvastáty)
Czech: ocasatý (cs)
Finnish: hännällinen
French: caudate (fr)
German: Schwanz- (de)
Hungarian: farkas (hu), farkos (hu)
Latin: caudātus
Polish: ogoniasty
Russian: хвоста́тый (ru) (xvostátyj)
Ukrainian: хвоста́тий (xvostátyj)

zoology: of or pertaining to the Caudata

Finnish: salamanteri- (fi)
Hungarian: farkos (hu)

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} caudato (it)

Noun edit

caudate (plural caudates)

(zoology) Any member of the Caudata order of amphibians.
- 1992, Martin E. Feder, Warren W. Burggren, Environmental Physiology of the Amphibians, page 291:
  Some caudates show caudal autotomy, in that part or all of the tail can be shed and subsequently regenerated.