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Caudal appendage   /kˈɑdəl əpˈɛndɪdʒ/   Listen
Caudal appendage

noun
1.
Tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus.






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"Caudal appendage" Quotes from Famous Books



... the wild deer bound past the cabin door, and one day his father killed one. The big dog called "Bob," on account of the shortness of his caudal appendage, on another occasion leaped on a wild buck as he was passing the house, and seized the animal, holding it until it was slain. Wild turkeys were common; he saw them in great flocks in the woods, and did not suppose they could ...
— Sustained honor - The Age of Liberty Established • John R. Musick,

... we could not induce them to do one thing at a time, and finally when this particular butler, to whom I have referred, instead of standing as he was instructed to do behind Adam's chair, insisted on swinging from the chandelier over the center of the table suspended by his caudal appendage, we decided that we would rather wait ...
— The Autobiography of Methuselah • John Kendrick Bangs

... pores along the side of the body, as seen in the grub of the humble bee, through which the air enters and is conveyed to every part of the body by an immense number of air tubes. (Fig. 3, air tubes, or tracheae, in the caudal appendage of the larva of a dragon fly). These air tubes are everywhere bathed by the blood, by which the ...
— Our Common Insects - A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, - Gardens and Houses • Alpheus Spring Packard



Words linked to "Caudal appendage" :   craniate, tail, vertebrate



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