caudal appendage
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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 De Mille, James
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 Ellis, Edward Sylvester
The idle moments afforded him an opportunity to evolve a more satisfactory scheme for attaching his stolen caudal appendage.
From Tarzan the Terrible by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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)
As a consequence, a caudal appendage with two broken joints was one of his distinguishing features.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Winslow, Helen M.