caudate
English Thesaurus
1. amphibians that resemble lizards (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | amphibian, |
definition | : | cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form (noun.animal) |
2. a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain (noun.body)
hypernym | : | basal ganglion, |
definition | : | any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | corpus striatum, striate body, striatum, |
definition | : | a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus (noun.body) |
3. having a tail or taillike appendage (adj.all)
similar | : | bobtail, bobtailed, |
definition | : | having a short or shortened tail (adj.all) |
similar | : | tailed, |
definition | : | having a tail of a specified kind; often used in combination (adj.all) |
similar | : | scaly-tailed, |
definition | : | having a scaly tail (adj.all) |
similar | : | scissor-tailed, |
definition | : | (of birds) having a deeply forked tail (adj.all) |
similar | : | short-tailed, |
definition | : | having a short tail (adj.all) |
similar | : | stiff-tailed, |
definition | : | having a stiff tail (adj.all) |
similar | : | swallow-tailed, |
definition | : | (especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow (adj.all) |
similar | : | tail-shaped, |
definition | : | shaped like the tail of an animal (adj.all) |
4. (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip (adj.all)
similar | : | simple, unsubdivided, |
definition | : | (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions (adj.all) |
5. a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain (noun.body)
derivation | : | caudate, caudated, |
definition | : | having a tail or taillike appendage (adj.all) |
6. having a tail or taillike appendage (adj.all)
antonym | : | acaudal, acaudate, |
definition | : | lacking a tail or taillike appendage (adj.all) |
derivation | : | caudate, caudate nucleus, |
definition | : | a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain (noun.body) |
7. a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain (noun.body)
derivation | : | caudate, caudated, |
definition | : | having a tail or taillike appendage (adj.all) |
8. having a tail or taillike appendage (adj.all)
antonym | : | acaudal, acaudate, |
definition | : | lacking a tail or taillike appendage (adj.all) |
derivation | : | caudate, caudate nucleus, |
definition | : | a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain (noun.body) |
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