Examples of “caudal” in a Sentence

adjective Relating to the tail, or to the rear part of an animal's body.

• The caudal fin helps the fish steer as it swims.
• The vet examined the caudal region for signs of injury.
• In the scan, the caudal end of the spine appeared normal.

noun A vertebra located in the tail section of an animal's spine.

• The palaeontologist counted the caudals along the fossil's tail.
• A caudal is smaller than the vertebrae found closer to the skull.
• Several caudals were missing from the recovered skeleton.