caudate
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cau·date
(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.
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caudate
(ˈkɔːdeɪt) orcaudated
adj
(Biology) having a tail or a tail-like appendage
[C17: from New Latin caudātus, from cauda]
cauˈdation n
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cau•date
(ˈkɔ deɪt)also cau′dat•ed,
adj.
having a tail or taillike appendage.
[1590–1600; < New Latin]
cau•da′tion, n.
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Noun | 1. | caudate - a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain 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 corpus 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 lizards amphibian - cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form | |
Adj. | 1. | caudate - having a tail or taillike appendage zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals |
2. | caudate - (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions |
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