ADJECTIVE | all | caudate, caudated | having a tail or taillike appendage |
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all | caudate | (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip | |
NOUN | body | caudate, caudate nucleus | a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain |
animal | caudate, urodele | amphibians that resemble lizards |
Meaning | Having a tail or taillike appendage. | |
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Synonym | caudated | |
Category | zoology, zoological science | The branch of biology that studies animals |
Narrower | bobtail, bobtailed | Having a short or shortened tail |
caudal, taillike | resembling a tail | |
scaly-tailed | Having a scaly / scaly tail | |
scissor-tailed | (of birds) having a deeply forked tail | |
short-tailed | Having a short tail | |
square-tailed | Having a square tail | |
stiff-tailed | Having a stiff tail | |
swallow-tailed | (especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow | |
tail-shaped | shaped like the tail of an animal | |
tailed | Having a tail of a specified kind | |
Opposite | acaudate, acaudal | lacking a tail or taillike appendage |
Spanish | caudado | |
Catalan | caudat | |
Nouns | caudate | a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain |
Meaning | (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip. | |
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Broader | simple, unsubdivided | (botany) of leaf shapes |
Meaning | A tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain. | |
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Synonym | caudate nucleus | |
Part of | corpus striatum, striatum, striate body | A striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere |
Broader | 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 |
Spanish | núcleo caudado | |
Catalan | nucli caudat | |
Adjectives | caudate | having a tail or taillike appendage |
Meaning | amphibians that resemble lizards. | |
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Synonym | urodele | |
Member of | Urodella, order Urodella, Caudata, order Caudata | salamanders |
Broader | amphibian | cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water |
Spanish | Caudate, urodelo, urodelos | |
Catalan | urodel |
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