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ecaudate, a.|iːˈkɔːdeɪt| [ad. mod.L. ēcaudāt-us, f. ē (see e-3) + L. cauda tail: see -ate.] 1. Zool. That has no tail, or a very short one.
1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 4/1 Animals..changing their form to caudate or ecaudate at pleasure. 1856–8W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. I. 52 Astusice. Body not loricated, caudate or ecaudate, form mutable. 2. Bot. ‘Spikeless, without a stem’ (Paxton, Bot. Dict. 1840). |