caudate

cau·date  (kôdt) also cau·dat·ed (-dtd)

adj.

Having a tail or taillike appendage.

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[Medieval Latin caudtus, from Latin cauda, tail.]

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cau·dation n.

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caudate [ˈkɔːdeɪt], caudated

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) having a tail or a tail-like appendage

[from New Latin caudātus, from cauda]

caudation  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	caudate - a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain caudate nucleus basal ganglion - any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement corpus striatum, striate body, striatum - a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus
	2.	caudate - amphibians that resemble lizards urodele amphibian - cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form Caudata, order Caudata, order Urodella, Urodella - salamanders; newts; congo snakes
Adj.	1.	caudate - having a tail or taillike appendage caudated zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals acaudal, acaudate - lacking a tail or taillike appendage
	2.	caudate - (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions