adv. [ L. cauda tail + ad to. ] (Zool.) Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ L., tail of a cock. ] (Paleon.) A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks;
Cauda galli epoch (Geol.),
a. [ L. Cauda tail. Cf. Coward. ] Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]
The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
Caudal fin (Zool.),
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. cauda tail. ] (Zool.) See Urodela. [ 1913 Webster ]