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caudation

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cau⋅date

  [kaw-deyt]
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–adjective Zoology.
having a tail or taillike appendage.
Also, cau⋅dat⋅ed.

Origin:
1590–1600; < NL caudātus, equiv. to L caud(a) tail + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
cau⋅da⋅tion, noun
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cau·date   (kô'dāt')   
adj.  Having a tail or taillike appendage.

[Medieval Latin caudātus, from Latin cauda, tail.]
cau·da'tion n.
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