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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.

rematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.

One of the jointed antenniform appendage of the posterior somites of cartain insects. Packard.

The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.

ng to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.

Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.…

Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of both animals and plants.

Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlike appendages.

Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages.

A division of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendages near the mouth; the Scaphopoda.

A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.

A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink. Gray. Claw hammer, a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc. -- Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. [Slang] -- Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.…

To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout. And old shoes and clouted upon their feet. Josh. ix. 5. Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers. Latimer.

her in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp. Collier. Is this a dagger which I see before me . . . Come, let me clutch thee. Shak.

An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.

A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut. Homans.

of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrocosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. Ur

The expansion of the guard of a sword, dagger, etc.

An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.