Meaning

4 senses
  1. (not comparable)Tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.

    (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip

  2. (not comparable)Having a tail.

    Schwanz-

    хвоста́тыйxvostátyj

    хвоста́тийxvostátyj

    having a tail or taillike appendage

  3. (not comparable)Of or pertaining to the Caudata order of amphibians.

  4. (not comparable)Having a tail-like extension.

    the caudate nucleus

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
having a tail:
Deutsch
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having a tail:

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caudātus, from Classical Latin cauda (“tail”) + -ātus; see -a

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caudātus, from Classical Latin cauda (“tail”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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