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English Dictionary: caudal fin by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caudal fin
n
  1. the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates [syn: tail fin, caudal fin]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Caudal \Cau"dal\, a. [L. Cauda tail. Cf. {Coward}.]
      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} (Zo[94]l.), the terminal fin (or [bd]tail[b8])
            of a fish.
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