caudal
adjective
- be posterior to
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːdəl/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).
- Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
“The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes, […]”
“Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.”
- Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).
- A caudal vertebra.