caudate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caudātus, from Classical Latin cauda (“tail”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.deɪt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔˌdeɪt/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑˌdeɪt/
• Homophones: chordate, cordate (non-rhotic)

Adjective

caudate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.
2. (zoology) Having a tail.
3. (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Caudata order of amphibians.
4. (anatomy) Having a tail-like extension.

   the caudate nucleus

Derived terms

• acaudate
• bicaudate
• caudate nucleus
• decaudate
• ecaudate
• excaudate
• intercaudate
• magnicaudate
• subcaudate
• tricaudate

Related terms

• e caudata

Translations

botany: tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex

Finnish: lisäkkeellinen

having a tail

Belarusian: хваста́ты (xvastáty) Czech: ocasatý (cs) Finnish: hännällinen French: caudate (fr) German: Schwanz- (de) Hungarian: farkas (hu), farkos (hu) Latin: caudātus Ottoman Turkish: قویروقلو (kuyruklu) Polish: ogoniasty Russian: хвоста́тый (ru) (xvostátyj) Turkish: kuyruklu (tr) Ukrainian: хвоста́тий (xvostátyj)

zoology: of or pertaining to the Caudata

Finnish: salamanteri- (fi) Hungarian: farkos (hu)

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Italian: (please verify) caudato (it)

Noun

caudate (plural caudates)

1. (zoology) Any member of the Caudata order of amphibians.
   • 1992, Martin E. Feder, Warren W. Burggren, Environmental Physiology of the Amphibians, page 291:

     Some caudates show caudal autotomy, in that part or all of the tail can be shed and subsequently regenerated.

Translations

member of Caudata

Finnish: salamanteri (fi), pyrstösammakko French: caudate (fr) m, urodèle (fr) m

Anagrams

• acuated

Italian

Adjective

caudate

1. feminine plural of caudato

Anagrams

• educata

Latin

Adjective

caudāte

1. vocative masculine singular of caudātus