CAUCUS
Cau"cus, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caucused; p. pr. & vb. n. Caucusing.]
Defn: To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses.
CAUDAD
Cau"dad, adv. Etym: [L. cauda tail + ad to.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.
CAUDA GALLI
Cau"da gal*li, (. Etym: [L., tail of a cock.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit. Gauda galli epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the begining of the Devonian age in eastern America, so named from the characteristic gritty sandstone marked with impressions of cauda galli. See the Diagram under Geology.
CAUDAL
Cau"dal, a. Etym: [L. Cauda tail. Cf. Coward.]
Defn: 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.
CAUDATA
Cau*da"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. cauda tail.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Urodela.