caudal appendage
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Fred was fully imbued with the “spirit of the occasion,” and resolved not to part company with his guide, unless the caudal appendage should detach itself from its owner.
From The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne by Edward Sylvester Ellis
She is also provided with a caudal appendage that ends in a patent fly-brush.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by William Cowper Brann
Then comes the caudal appendage, worth half a dollar.
From A History of the Town of Fairfax by Jeanne Johnson Rust
This beast had but a short caudal appendage, and all its terrors lay in its jaws and in its wings.
From A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille
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 A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
