caudal appendage
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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)
Even man has a caudal appendage at an early stage of his existence.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey
While alive, the filamentous tail is in constant action in a manner strongly resembling the movements of the caudal appendage of a tadpole.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey
All the members of this tribe bear the caudal appendage, and, as Oriental imagination is given to exaggeration, I was assured that the tails sometimes attained the length of two feet.
From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
Like our five fingers, our ear-bones, our rudimentary caudal appendage, or our other 'vestigial' peculiarities, they may remain as indelible tokens of events in our race-history.
From Pragmatism by James, William
