Dictionary entry

Caudal

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cau″dal (?), a. [L. Cauda tail. Cf. Coward.] Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage.

The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes.

Darwin.

Caudal fin(Zoöl.), the terminal fin (or “tail”) of a fish.