different between cauda vs excaudate

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin c?da, from Latin cauda.

Noun

cauda f

1. tail

Latin

Alternative forms

• c?da

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kaud? (“tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh?u-d-eh?, from *keh?w-. Compare Lithuanian kuodas (“tuft”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kau?.da/, [?käu?d?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kau?.da/, [?k??u?d??]

Noun

cauda f (genitive caudae); first declension

1. A tail (of an animal)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Antonyms

• caput

Derived terms

Descendants

• All except modern borrowings are from the Late Latin form c?da.

See also

• c?da
• picta

References

• cauda in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cauda in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cauda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cauda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, borrowed from Latin cauda. See also cola, inherited from the same origin.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: calda (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: cau?da
• Rhymes: -awda

Noun

cauda f (plural caudas)

1. tail (posterior appendage or feathers of some animals)

   Synonym: rabo

2. tail; tail end (posterior part or appendage of an object)
   1. (clothing) the part of a dress that is dragged on the floor
   2. (aviation) tail; empennage (rear structure of an aircraft)

   Synonym: empenagem

   1. (astronomy) tail (stream of dust as gases blown from a comet)
   2. (typography, informal) tail; descender (stroke below the baseline of a letter)
3. (figuratively) consequences

Related terms

• caudal
• coda
• cola

Spanish

Noun

cauda f (plural caudas)

1. tail (of a garment)

English

Etymology

ex- +? caudate

Adjective

excaudate (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Not caudate; without a cauda.

Synonyms

• tailless

Anagrams

• exacuated