caudal appendage

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What would a monkey do without this caudal appendage and its prehensile quality?

From Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton by Various

Eliseff presented to the French Anthropological Society a woman with a caudal appendage covered with hair.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

For the first time I appreciated why a fox has such a light, long, fluffy caudal appendage.

From Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Pope, Saxton

I remember one day resolving to broach the delicate subject with my tailed friend, whom I liked, notwithstanding his caudal appendage.

From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

We might add that in the abdominal appendage of the cockroach we have a compound nose, while in the feelers of the Perla, and the caudal appendage of the Chrysopila, the "nose" is simple.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)