caudal

adjective

1. constituting or relating to a tail

- caudal appendage

2. resembling a tail

Similar word(s): caudate, caudated, taillike

3. situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises

- caudal fins

- the caudal end of the body

Similar word(s): posterior

adverb

1. toward the posterior end of the body

Similar word(s): caudally

noun

1. A caudal vertebra.