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)

Mandibles with four teeth, of which the second is the smallest: maxill� with a projection near the inferior angle: no caudal appendage.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

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

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

Stand still, with a nip like crocodile's grip On one's caudal appendage?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 by Various