Having a tail or tail-like appendage; shaped like or possessing a distinct tail-like extension.
From Latin cauda (tail) plus the adjectival suffix -ate (denoting possession of a quality). This describes organisms or structures that have prominent tail-like features.
The caudate nucleus in your brain isn't named for having an actual tail, but because its shape resembles a small tail dangling off the rest of the structure—showing how anatomists name things poetically based on appearance.
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