caudation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The property of having a caudate extension or tail.
  2. A caudate extension or tail.
  3. A fibrous growth.
  4. A section appended to the end of a word, line, or poem.
  5. The addition of a caudation.

Word forms

caudation caudations

Etymology

From the Medieval Latin caudātus, from the Classical Latin cauda (“tail”).

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