caudal appendage
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In the animal's body, the most obvious distinctive character is the uniarticulate caudal appendage.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Fromentel described a fresh-water form of this genus with a caudal appendage.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)
He differentiates men into protoplasms, and integrates protoplasms into monkeys, and shows the caudal appendage to be the independent variable, a small factor in man, a large factor in monkey.
From Mr. Isaacs by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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)
