Associations to the word «Cauda»

Wiktionary

CAUDA EQUINA, noun. (anatomy) A bundle of nerve roots at the base of the spinal column
CAUDA GALLI, noun. (paleontology) A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks.

Dictionary definition

CAUDA, noun. Any taillike structure.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats