caudal appendage
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When this caudal appendage was fixed, and my whole appearance touched up, I caught sight of myself in a mirror, and, after a struggle with my pride, burst into a roar of laughter.
From In the Yellow Sea by Henry Frith
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 Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins
What would a monkey do without this caudal appendage and its prehensile quality?
No sooner does he reach the years of discretion than he assumes a magnificent caudal appendage.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Douglas Dewar
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 R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne