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caudates

caudates is the plural of caudate.

Meaning of caudate

Noun

caudate (plural caudates)

  1. Any member of the Caudata order of amphibians.
    • Some caudates show caudal autotomy, in that part or all of the tail can be shed and subsequently regenerated.1992, Martin E. Feder, Warren W. Burggren, Environmental Physiology of the Amphibians, page 291

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Questions about caudates

What is caudates the plural of?
Caudates is the plural of caudate.

Words near caudates in the dictionary

  1. caudate nuclei
  2. caudate nucleus
  3. caudated
  4. caudated e
  5. caudately
  6. caudates
  7. caudation
  8. caudations
  9. caudatolenticular
  10. caudatoside
  11. caudectomies

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