caudate

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

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

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

• e caudata

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.

• acuated

caudate

1. feminine plural of caudato

• educata

caudāte

1. vocative masculine singular of caudātus