caudate

cau·date

C0170800 (kô′dāt′) also cau·dat·ed (-dā′tĭd)adj. Having a tail or taillike appendage.

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

cau·da′tion n.

(ˈkɔːdeɪt) or

adj (Biology) having a tail or a tail-like appendage[C17: from New Latin caudātus, from cauda] cauˈdation n

(ˈkɔ deɪt)

adj. having a tail or taillike appendage. [1590–1600; < New Latin] cau•da′tion, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	caudate - a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the braincaudate nucleusbasal 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 movementcorpus 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 lizardsurodeleamphibian - cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult formCaudata, order Caudata, order Urodella, Urodella - salamanders; newts; congo snakes
Adj.	1.	caudate - having a tail or taillike appendagecaudatedzoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animalsacaudal, acaudate - lacking a tail or taillike appendage
	2.	caudate - (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tipunsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

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