Cauda

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In zoology and anatomy, a tail or tail-like appendage.
  • noun. In botany, a tail-like appendage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any taillike structure
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    "As already mentioned (page 750), the term cauda equina is applied to this collection of nerve roots."
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