caudate

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: caudate

1	adj n	having a tail or taillike appendage a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain
2	n	amphibians that resemble lizards

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: caudate

: bobtail, bobtailed
having a short or shortened tail; caudal, taillike
resembling a tail; tailed
having a tail of a specified kind; often used in combination; scaly-tailed
having a scaly tail; scissor-tailed
(of birds) having a deeply forked tail; short-tailed
having a short tail; square-tailed
having a square tail; stiff-tailed
having a stiff tail; swallow-tailed
(especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow; tail-shaped
shaped like the tail of an animal

Antonyms:: acaudal, acaudate
lacking a tail or taillike appendage; anurous, tailless
not having a tail; show more antonyms...

Synonyms: simple, unsubdivided
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

Type of:: 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

Type of:: amphibian
cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form

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