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caudal appendage

NOUN
  1. tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus

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  • It suggests the "Enduap" (rondache) of ostrich-plumes worn by the Tupi-Guarani barbarians of the Brazil, the bunchy caudal appendages which made the missionaries compare them with pigeons. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1
  • Thus some bolbophyl, for example, have caudal appendages to their sepals, as in Masdevallias, and on the other hand some Masdevallias have their labellums hinged and oscillatory, which is so commonly the case as to be "almost characteristic" in the genus Bolbophyllum or Sarcopodium. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883
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  • “It’s actually called a vestigial caudal appendage,” Helena said, as if that would be helpful. Balancing in High Heels
  • Like our five fingers, our ear-bones, our rudimentary caudal appendage, or our other 'vestigial' peculiarities, they may remain as indelible tokens of events in our race-history. Pragmatism
  • The bristletails and silverfish both have two long cerci, and between this a caudal appendage.
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