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decaudate

decaudate verb: to remove the tail from.

Verb

decaudate (third-person singular simple present decaudates, present participle decaudating, simple past and past participle decaudated)

  1. (transitive) To remove the tail from.
    • One machine in which Mr. Taylor takes special pride is a salmon canner, which engulfs a whole salmon, decapitates and decaudates it, skins it, blows out its viscera, cuts it into pieces, deposits them in the can, sterilizes them […]1937, Technology Review, volume 40, page 100

Forms of decaudate

third-person singular presentdecaudates
present participledecaudating
past participledecaudated
pastdecaudated

Origin of decaudate

From de- + caudate.

Questions about decaudate

What does decaudate mean?
Decaudate means to remove the tail from.
What part of speech is decaudate?
Decaudate is a verb.
What is the past tense of decaudate?
The past tense of decaudate is decaudated.

Words near decaudate in the dictionary

  1. decatrons
  2. decatungsten
  3. Decatur
  4. Decatur County
  5. Decaturville
  6. decaudate
  7. decaudated
  8. decaudates
  9. decaudating
  10. decaudation
  11. decausativisation

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