ecaudateadj.
/iːˈkɔːdeɪt/ 1. Zoology. That has no tail, or a very short one.
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1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 4/1 Animals..changing their form to caudate or ecaudate at pleasure.
1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 52 Astusice. Body not loricated, caudate or ecaudate, form mutable.
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2. Botany. ‘Spikeless, without a stem’ (Paxton, Bot. Dict. 1840).
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