caudate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

caudate (not comparable)

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

   the caudate nucleus

Derived terms

• caudate nucleus
• subcaudate

 

Related terms

• e caudata

Translations

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

caudate (plural caudates)

1. (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.

Translations

member of Caudata

• Finnish: salamanteri (fi), pyrstösammakko
• French: caudate (fr) m, urodèle (fr) m

Anagrams

• acuated

Italian

Adjective

caudate

1. feminine plural of caudato

Anagrams

• educata

Latin

Adjective

caudāte

1. vocative masculine singular of caudātus