cauda

[kou-duh, kaw-]

noun, plural cau·dae [kou-dee, kaw-] /ˈkaʊ di, ˈkɔ-/. Anatomy, Zoology.

a tail or taillike appendage.

Origin of cauda

1690–1700; < Latin: tail

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Historical Examples of cauda

We can remember well enough when we donned the ‘cauda virilis,’ but not when we left off petticoats.
Tracks of a Rolling Stone
Henry J. Coke
Only in the last-mentioned poem does the cauda consist of six two-beat sectional verses.
A History of English Versification
Jakob Schipper
They are, however, found already in Provenal poetry, and consist of the forehead (frons) and the tail or veer (cauda).
A History of English Versification
Jakob Schipper
Here the frons is connected with the cauda, which recurs in each stanza as a kind of refrain, by means of concatenatio.
A History of English Versification
Jakob Schipper
As to the rhythmical structure of the half-verses used in the cauda of the stanza cf. the explanations given in 64.
A History of English Versification
Jakob Schipper

British Dictionary definitions for cauda

cauda

noun

zoology the area behind the anus of an animal; tail

anatomy

any tail-like structure
the posterior part of an organ

Word Origin for cauda

Latin: tail

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cauda in Medicine

cauda

[kô′də]

n. pl. cau•dae (-dē′)

A tail or taillike structure, or a tapering or elongated extremity of an organ or other part.