Caudal [adjective]

They are usually called Lancet-fish, from the curious structure of the sub-caudal spines.

The caudal appendage of the juvenile and female is made up of three small joints tapering to a blunt end.

Towards the caudal end the lateral branches come off more irregularly.

In the breeding season the two median caudal feathers of the cock project as bristles beyond the others.

In winter the tail is short, but in May both sexes grow long pheasant-like caudal feathers which give the bird its popular name.

You perceive the early naturalists set great store by an animal's caudal appendage.

They are furnished with two or three very long, jointed, threadlike caudal appendages.

Head, about one-fourth of the whole length from the snout to the base of the caudal fin, varying much with age and size.

Pectoral fin on a level with the eye and small; ventral under the center of the pectoral; caudal, slim and forked.

On the other hand, the two limbless segments that precede the caudal furca are decidedly non-malacostracan.