caudal appendage
Example Sentences
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No sooner does he reach the years of discretion than he assumes a magnificent caudal appendage.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas
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)
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
Of course there might have been more than a tremor if the caudal appendage had been at liberty instead of being sat upon.
From The Hot Swamp by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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)
