Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun caudate

2 senses of caudate

Sense 1
caudate nucleus, caudate -- (a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain)
       => basal ganglion -- (any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement)

Sense 2
urodele, caudate -- (amphibians that resemble lizards)
       => amphibian -- (cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form)

Antonyms of adj caudate

2 senses of caudate

Sense 1
caudate (vs. acaudate), caudated -- (having a tail or taillike appendage)

acaudate (vs. caudate), acaudal -- (lacking a tail or taillike appendage)
        => anurous, tailless -- (not having a tail; "anurous toads and frogs")

Sense 2
caudate -- ((of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip)

INDIRECT (VIA simple) -> compound -- (composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads")

Similarity of adj caudate

2 senses of caudate

Sense 1
caudate (vs. acaudate), caudated -- (having a tail or taillike appendage)
       => bobtail, bobtailed -- (having a short or shortened tail; "bobtail mare")
       => caudal, taillike -- (resembling a tail)
       => tailed -- (having a tail of a specified kind; often used in combination)
       => scaly-tailed -- (having a scaly tail)
       => scissor-tailed -- ((of birds) having a deeply forked tail; "scissor-tailed birds")
       => short-tailed -- (having a short tail)
       => square-tailed -- (having a square tail)
       => stiff-tailed -- (having a stiff tail)
       => swallow-tailed -- ((especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow)
       => tail-shaped -- (shaped like the tail of an animal)

Sense 2
caudate -- ((of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip)
       => simple (vs. compound), unsubdivided -- ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)

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